After Burner (SEGA Master System)

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Description

After Burner is an aircraft shooter. The goal is simple: use your F-14 Tomcat and shoot as many enemies as you can. This aircraft has two weapons: lock-on missiles and Vulcan cannons (basically machine guns). In some versions there is an option to let the cannons shoot automatically all the time.

The game is viewed from behind the plane with you fighting wave after wave of enemy fighters. But at heart it offers the usual shooter mechanics, meaning you spend most of your time dodging and shooting. Sometimes you come across a friendly supply plane and if you dock with it you can replenish your missiles.

The SEGA Master System adds a boss fight at the very end. Despite being called After Burner, all other console / computer ports are based on After Burner II.

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Alternate Titles

• "アフターバーナー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• After Burner series
• Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat
• Genre: Chase-view / Space Harrier-style shooter

User Reviews

Good standalone title, bad arcade conversion.

Ash_1 (76)

Critic Reviews

Sega Pro (UK)	Apr, 1993	85 out of 100	85
Génération 4	Jul, 1988	81 out of 100	81
VideoGame	Mar, 1991		80
neXGam	2002	7 out of 10	70
Defunct Games	Oct 29, 2006	61 out of 100	61
The Games Machine (UK)	Mar, 1988	60 out of 100	60
Retro Archives	Nov 05, 2020	11.5 out of 20	58
Games Preview	Aug, 1989	45 out of 100	45
Game Freaks 365	2005	1.9 out of 10	19
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	Jan 12, 2004	1 out of 10	10

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Related Web Sites

• After Burner entry on KLOV (The After Burner entry on the Killer List of Videogames.)