After Burner II

After Burner II

European boxart (note erroneous use of F-15)
Developer(s) Sega AM2
Publisher(s) Sega
Designer(s) Yu Suzuki
Programmer(s) Satoshi Mifune
Composer(s) Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Platform(s) Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, NES/Famicom, Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis, PC Engine, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player
Cabinet Standard upright, sit-down hydraulic cockpit
Arcade system Sega X Board
Display Raster

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987.[1] It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, players fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like OutRun, another Sega arcade game, After Burner II came in several versions, the most famous being a large, servo actuated, sit-down cabinet which resembled a cockpit and moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. There was also a more basic upright cabinet version.

Translations and ports

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
IGN5/10 (Mobile Phone)[2]
MegaTech90%[3]
Compute's Guide19/25[4]

After Burner II has been translated and ported to numerous home computers, consoles and mobile phones; including versions for the PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive, Famicom, FM Towns Marty, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Sega Saturn. In Japan, it was released on the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages classic series. Mega placed the Mega Drive version at #38 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.[5] MegaTech magazine praised the smooth and fast gameplay, as well as the sound.

It is notable that the version released for Sega Saturn is a nearly direct port of the arcade code, which at that time, was very rare for a home version.

M2 ported After Burner II in Sega's 3D Classics series to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on 2013 and worldwide on 2015. This version is faithful to the original arcade game with additions, including Touch Controls and screen layouts that resemble the Upright as well as the Commander and Deluxe cabinets. An unlockable new Special mode was also added, which used a time-slowing "Burst" system similar to After Burner Climax, and featured a different story and altered stages. This mode has no stage select or continues, and instead depends on frequent acquisition of extra lives over the course of the game in order to complete it.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "After Burner II". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 1 Nov 2013.
  2. ↑ After Burner II - IGN
  3. ↑ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 5, page 78, May 1992
  4. ↑ Compute's Guide to Sega, Steven A Schwartz, 1990, ISBN 0-87455-238-9, p5
  5. ↑ Mega magazine issue 1, page 76, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
  6. ↑ Sega 3D Classics After Burner II page (Japan)

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