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

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Nintendo 3DS	81	...

MSX	...	...

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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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Screenshots

After Burner II Atari ST Stage 1 takes place above the ocean

After Burner II Genesis Part of the game's demo.

After Burner II MSX Near the end, at stage 21

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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

Mean Machines	Genesis	May, 1991	90 out of 100	90
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Nov, 1988	9.2 out of 12	77
GamePro (US)	SEGA 32X	Mar, 1995	3.5 out of 5	70
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA 32X	May, 1995	7 out of 10	70
Hardcore Gamer Magazine	Nintendo 3DS	Jan 22, 2015	3.5 out of 5	70
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	May, 1989	50 out of 100	50
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Apr, 1991	45 out of 100	45
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		40
The Video Game Critic	SEGA 32X	Mar 13, 2007	D	25
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Amiga	Oct, 1990		20

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Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Merge After Burner and After Burner II?	2	Игги Друге (46422) 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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