After Burner II
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| After Burner II | |
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 After Burner II Cover |
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| Developer(s) | Sega-AM2 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Release date(s) | 1987 (Arcade) 1989 (Amiga) 1989 (Atari ST) 1989 (DOS) 1989 (Famicom) 1989 (NES) 1990 (Genesis) 1990 (TurboGrafx-16) |
| Genre(s) | Shoot'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, NES, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 |
| Input | Joystick, trigger, missile button, throttle |
| Arcade cabinet | Standard upright, sit-down hydraulic cockpit |
| Arcade system(s) | X Board |
| Arcade display | Raster |
After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It's the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, you fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like Out Run, 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 much less thrilling upright version.
The differences between After Burner and After Burner II are very small, and it is easy to confuse the two. The differences included:
- The waiting-for-start sequence (the screen/music after a player inserts credits but before starting the game) is different.
- After Burner II added a throttle to the controls, allowing players to vary their speed while flying.
- After Burner has 18 stages; After Burner II has those same stages but adds three additional stages.
- After Burner II added a few minor enemy changes to introduce new speed-based challenges (missiles/aircraft behind the player aircraft) to account for the use of the new throttle control.
- The player's missiles in After Burner II could be fired considerably more frequently.
- Musical compositions were the same for both games, though After Burner's instrumentation is different in spots.
[edit] Ports
After Burner II has been ported to numerous home computers and consoles, including versions for the PC Engine, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, Sega 32X, Famicom, NES, FM Towns Marty, Amiga, Commodore 64, and Sega Saturn.
It is notable that the versions released for Sega 32X and Sega Saturn are nearly direct ports of the arcade code, which before consoles like the PlayStation was largely unheard of for a home version.
Commodore 64 port is notable for having two vastly different versions. The version released for European market has poor graphics and considered one of the worst ports, whereas the version released in US market is far superior with better graphics, music and playability.
[edit] Trivia
- After Burner II was originally planned to have a World War II theme and make it a realistic flight sim but was dropped because Yu Suzuki states that "It would not have fit the arcade scene." A pure dogfighter was not his intention.
- Although the plane you pilot is a variation of F-14, game's US version uses an F-15 Eagle in its cover.
[edit] External links
- After Burner II at Arcade-History
- KLOV entry on After Burner II
- Afterburner II at the Hall of Light
- Webbased TG-16 After Burner II port
- Webbased Genesis After Burner II port
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