After Burner II
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| Developer(s) | Sega-AM2 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Famicom, Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis, PC Engine, PlayStation 2 |
| Release date | 1987 (Arcade) 1989 (Amiga) 1989 (Atari ST) 1989 (DOS) 1989 (Famicom) 1989(Sharp X68000) 1990 (Mega Drive/Genesis) 1990 (PC Engine) 2004 (PlayStation 2) |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Input methods | Joystick, trigger, missile button, throttle |
| 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. It is 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 that make 21 stages total.
- 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] Translations and Ports
After Burner II has been translated and ported to numerous home computers and consoles, including versions for the PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, Famicom, FM Towns Marty, Amiga, Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sega Saturn and, in Japan, the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages classic series.
It is notable that the version released for Sega Saturn is a nearly direct port of the arcade code, which before consoles like the Saturn and PlayStation was largely unheard of for a home version.
[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 the F-14, the cover art for the Mega Drive version uses an F-15E Strike Eagle.
- Shenmue II features a full playable version of After Burner II.
[edit] External links
- After Burner II at the Killer List of Videogames
- After Burner II at MobyGames
- After Burner II at Arcade-History
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