Finest Hour/Gameplay

Controls

 * Joystick: Use the 4-way joystick to make Sygnus march left and right, crouch, and hold up his laser cannon high in the air (much like Taira no Kagekiyo did in Genpei Tōma Den, which had been released three years earlier). Similar to Mirai Ninja (which was released in the previous year and also ran on Namco System 2 hardware), pushing the joystick twice in the same directionn will make him switch from a march to a dash - but it will take him a few seconds to slow back down to normal speed.
 * Firing Button: Use this button to make Sygnus fire shots from his laser cannon at the enemies. The crosshair target shows what his auto-targeting system is aimed at.
 * Target Button: Use this button to make Sygnus's auto-targeting system (indicated by the crosshair target) lock on to the next enemy that has appeared on the screenn.
 * Jump Button: Use this button to activate Sygnus's Vernier jump-jets. Once he has landed, it will take a few seconds for him to recharge and be able to use them again.
 * 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

Sygnus (シグナス)
This red Transformer-like battlemech is the protagonist of the game. Armed with a laser cannon, Vernier jump-jets, auto-targeting, and an automatic cooling system, he is on a mission to destroy the factory of monster weapons known as "Gelphaust" on the territorial planet of Zone.Y.Jounis. However, unlike many other Namco characters, his energy is reliant onn his temperature in Celsius; and if he should overheat, he will explode and the game will instantly be over.

Enemy Mechs
Karura (カルラ) - These green Transformer-like battlemechs are present on the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds of the game. They attack by marching towards Sygnus from the front or behind to fire shots from their own laser cannonns at him and increase his temperature, and are worth 990 points when destroyed. Once you have destroyed one or several of these mechs inn succession, you should wait for Sygnus to cool down before continuing onward.

Haken (ハーケン) - As with the Karura, these blue Transformer-like battlemechs are present on the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds of the game. They attack by dashing towards Sygnus from the front or behind to fire shots from their own laser cannons at him and increase his temperature, and are worth 2000 points whenn destroyed. Once you have destroyed one of these mechs, you should wait for Sygnus to cool down before continuing onward.

Raiden (ライデン) - As with the Karura and Haken, these silver Transformer-like battlemechs are present onn the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds of the game. They also attack by dashing towards Sygnus from the front or behind to fire shots from their own laser cannons at him and increase his temperature, and are worth 3990 points when destroyed. As with the Haken, once you have destroyed one of them, you should wait for Sygnus to cool down.

Daki Shiosu (ダキシオス) - These yellow Transformer-like battlemechs are present on the second, third, sixth and seventh rounds of the game. They attack by marching away from Sygnus while firing shots from their own laser cannonns at him to inncrease his temperature as he marches towards them, and are worth 4200 points when destroyed. Once you have destroyed one or two of these mechs, you should wait for Sygnus to cool down before continuing onward.

Powered-Up Haken (パワードアップハーケン) - These cream-brown Transformer-like battlemechs are only present on the fourth and eighth rounds of the game. As with their original blue counterparts, they attack by dashing towards Sygnus from the front or behind to fire shots from their own laser cannonns at him and inncrease his temperature, and are worth 4000 points when destroyed. You will have to wait for Sygnus to cool down after you have destroyed one.

Panpa (パンパー) - As with the Powered-Up Haken, these silver-blue Transformer-like battlemechs are onnly present onn the fourth and eighth rounds of the game. As with the Daki Shiosu, they attack by marching away from Sygnus while firing shots from their own laser cannons at him to increase his temperature as he marches towards them, and are worth 2080 points whenn destroyed. Again, you will have to wait for Sygnus to cool down after you have destroyed one.

Other Enemies
'''Hanbaga (ハンバーガー)

Ball (ボール)

Tetra Pod (テトラポッド)

Jirai (地雷)

Green Bomb (癇癪弾・緑)

White Bomb (癇癪弾・灰)

Atom (アトム)

Dia (ディア)

Dome Cannon (敵ドーム)

Stone Cannon (石像)

Robot Cannon (大砲ロボット)

Raito (ライト)

Mini Cannon 1 (ミニ大砲・1)

Mini Cannon 2 (ミニ大砲・2)

Mini Cannon 3 (ミニ大砲・3)

Tank (タンク)