is a vertical-scrolling shooter

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developed and published by

Tecmo , was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for ...

in 1992. It is the third and final entry in its ''

Star Force also released in arcades outside of Japan as ''Mega Force'', is a vertical-scrolling shooter computer game released in 1984 by Tehkan. Gameplay In the game, the player pilots a starship called the ''Final Star'', while shooting various enemie ...

'' series, and retains many of the same mechanics as its predecessors. Players control the two space fighter ships Blue Nova and Red Nova. There are three different power-ups to choose from called "Pulsators". The power meter itself charges up automatically to increase their fighters' power.

Reception

''Game Machine'' listed ''Final Star Force'' as being Japan's eighteenth most popular arcade game of December 1992. Jay Carter of ''

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'' magazine compared its gameplay to ''

Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades in 1982. It was released in Japan and Europe by Namco and in North America by Atari, Inc. Controlling the Solvalou starship, the player attacks Xevious for ...

'', and liked the game's bright and detailed backdrops. However, the game's mostly negative reputation and poor sales led to Tecmo pulling it from sale shortly after its release.

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* 1992 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Cooperative video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Shoot 'em ups Tecmo games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Hiroshi Miyazaki {{shmup-videogame-stub