After Burner II
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Published by

SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

Developed by

SEGA-AM2 Co., LTD.

Released

Oct, 1987

Platforms

Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, J2ME, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, SEGA 32X, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum

Genre

Perspective

Gameplay

Vehicular

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Description

After Burner II is an updated re-release of After Burner. Besides extra levels, a few new enemies, a few touches at the soundtrack and more disposable missiles, the biggest addition is the ability to slow down or speed up manually. The rest of the gameplay remains identical.

Despite being called After Burner, most ports to home computers and consoles are based on this version. The NES, Amiga and Commodore 64 received two different ports with significant technical differences. This entry documents the original ports and the second ones can be found under the following entries: NES and Amiga / C64.

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Alternate Titles

"After Burner Complete" -- Japanese and European 32X title
"After Burner" -- Amiga / CPC / Atari ST / C64 / DOS / Genesis / MSX / NES / 32X / ZX Spectrum title
"AB2" -- informal/slang
"3D After Burner II" -- Nintendo 3DS title
"アフターバーナーⅡ" -- Japanese spelling

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Critic Reviews

Hobby Consolas	Nintendo 3DS	Jan 20, 2015	82 out of 100	82
Power Play	TurboGrafx-16	Dec, 1990	81 out of 100	81
USgamer	Nintendo 3DS	Jan 22, 2015	4 out of 5	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Genesis	Apr, 1990	9.6 out of 12	80
FNintendo	Nintendo 3DS	Mar 11, 2015	8 out of 10	80
GameLemon	J2ME	Oct 20, 2005	5.5 out of 10	55
Mean Machines	SEGA 32X	Mar, 1995	53 out of 100	53
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	May, 1989	50 out of 100	50
Gamers (Germany)	SEGA 32X	Feb, 1995	6 out of 15	40
The Video Game Critic	SEGA 32X	Mar 13, 2007	D	25

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Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Merge After Burner and After Burner II?	2	Игги Друге (46374) Mar 17, 2011

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Trivia

Cover art

Although the aircraft piloted in the game is a variation of F-14 Tomcat, the plane displayed on the North American cover is an F-15 Eagle.

Development

After Burner II was originally planned to have a World War II theme and be a realistic flight sim, but the idea was dropped because Yu Suzuki stated that "it would not have fit the arcade scene." A pure dogfighter was not his intention.

References to the game

In the movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day, John Connor is shown playing After Burner at the arcade at the mall.

References

During one of the take-off sequences of the game, you're followed by a small red car. It's the Ferrari from Outrun, another hit arcade game.

ZX Spectrum version

The ZX Spectrum version of the game has the plane firing its cannon constantly throughout and cannot be switched off. This is due to the fire button being used to fire the missiles.

Awards

Commodore Format
- January 1991 (Issue 4) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Bad)

Information also contributed by cafeine festershinetop and Rad Spencer

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