{{Short description|1985 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Konami GT | image = Konami GT arcade flyer.png | caption = North American arcade flyer | developer = Konami | publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|Konami|JP|Namco<ref name="Akagi">{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=27 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n28}}</ref>}} | designer = |released = {{vgrelease|JP|October 1985<ref name="Akagi"/>|WW|Late 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Konami GT, Konami (USA) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=569&image=1 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Konami GT, Konami (UK) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=wide-flyer&db=videodb&id=3805&image=1 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=September 2025}}}} | genre = Racing | modes = Single-player | arcade system = Konami GX400 (''Konami GT'')<br>Bubble System (''Konami RF2'') | platforms = Arcade }}
'''''Konami GT''''', originally known as '''''Konami RF2 - Red Fighter''''', is a 1985 racing video game developed and released by Konami, using their GX400 arcade architecture. The player drives a sports car which must reach various checkpoints without running out of fuel. A turbo mode (activated by the gear shift) increases the car's speed but uses more fuel and puts the player at a higher risk of hitting an obstacle. Fuel power-ups can be found on the road which the player must pick up to make it to the final checkpoint.
The original title '''''RF2''''' is a reference to Konami's 1984 arcade game ''Road Fighter'', and thus this may be considered an unofficial sequel. ''RF2'' was a commercial success in Japanese arcades. The series was followed in 1996 by official sequel ''Midnight Run - Road Fighter 2''.
''Konami GT'' was made available on Microsoft's ''Game Room'' service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on October 6, 2010. It was also re-released on the ''Arcade Archives'' series of digital download titles for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as well as ''Arcade Archives 2'' for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 16, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Konami 'Road Fighter' Successor & Koei's Famicom Sim 'Ishin no Arashi' Are Heading To Modern Consoles |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/a-konami-road-fighter-successor-and-koeis-famicom-sim-ishin-no-arashi-are-heading-to-modern-consoles |last=Yarwood |first=Jack |date=2026-04-15 |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=Time Extension}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arcade Archives: KONAMI GT comes to Switch & Switch 2 today |url=https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/59912-arcade-archives-konami-gt-comes-to-switch-switch-2-today |author=rawmeatcowboy |date=2026-04-16 |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=GoNintendo}}</ref>
== Reception == In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Konami GT'' on their November 15, 1985 issue as being the sixth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade cabinet of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=272|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 November 1985|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> It went on to be Japan's fifth highest-grossing upright/cockpit arcade game during the first half of 1986,<ref name="GM288">{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86 |magazine=Game Machine |issue=288 |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |date=15 July 1986 |page=28 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860715p.pdf#page=15}}</ref> and the overall eighth highest-grossing arcade game of 1986.<ref name="GM288"/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86 |magazine=Game Machine |issue=300 |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |date=15 January 1987 |page=16 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870115p.pdf#page=9}}</ref>
Mike Roberts of ''Computer Gamer'' magazine reviewed "''Road Fighter II'' from Konami" following its appearance at London's Preview '86 show in late 1985, calling it "a fantastic sequel to the ''Road Fighter'' game". He said it was "a three dimensional racing game in the style of" ''Pole Position'' (1982) "but the quality of graphics and gameplay are in excess of anything that I have seen for a long time".<ref name="CG10">{{cite magazine |last1=Roberts |first1=Mike |last2=Doyle |first2=Eric |title=Coin-Op Connection |magazine=Computer Gamer |date=1985 |issue=10 (January 1986) |pages=26–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_10_1986-01_Argus_Press_GB/page/n25/mode/2up}}</ref>
==Other appearances== * Red-F2 was the name of one of the machines in ''Speed King NEO KOBE 2045'' (1996).
thumb|left|In-game screenshot
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{KLOV game|id=8346}}
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