Editing Final Lap (section)

{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Final Lap
| image = Final Lap arcade flyer.jpg
| caption = Arcade flyer
| composer = [[Shinji Hosoe]]
| developer = [[Namco]]<br>[[Arc System Works]] (FC)
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP/EU|Namco<ref name="CVG77"/>|NA|[[Atari Games]]}}
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 1987|EU|February 1988<ref name="CVG77"/>|NA|May 1988}}
| genre = [[Sim racing|Racing simulation]]<ref name="CVG77"/>
| series = ''Final Lap''
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| arcade system = [[Namco System 2]]
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]<br>[[Family Computer]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Final Lap'''''|ファイナルラップ|Fainaru Rappu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1987 [[Sim racing|racing simulation]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Namco]].<ref name="CVG77" /> [[Atari Games]] published the game in the United States in 1988. It was the first game to run on Namco's then-new [[Namco System 2|System 2 hardware]] and is a direct successor to Namco's ''[[Pole Position]]'' (1982) and ''[[Pole Position II]]'' (1983). It was ported to the [[Famicom]] by [[Arc System Works]], making it Arc System Works' debut game.<ref name="ASW25th">{{cite book |title=Arc System Works 25th Anniversary Character Collection |publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]] |date=October 22, 2013 |page=246 |url=https://archive.org/details/akushisutemu25shnenki/246.jpg}}</ref>

''Final Lap'' was the first racing game to allow up to [[multiplayer video game|eight players]] to simultaneously race on the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in a [[Formula One]] race. This was, at the time, considered a revolutionary feature, and was implemented by linking together up to four two-player sitdown-style arcade cabinets.

There was also a single-player mode, in which the player's [[score (gaming)|score]] was based on how far the car traveled until time ran out or if the player completed four laps. It was a major commercial success in Japan, becoming the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1988, the highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1989, and second highest dedicated arcade game of 1990.