After Burner II is an arcade combat flight simulator game released by Sega in 1987.[3] It is the second game in the After Burner series, and was released for the Sega X Board arcade system. In the game, players fly an F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. After Burner II came both a standard arcade cabinet and a servo actuated, sit-down motion simulator version which moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. It is an updated version of After Burner, with the addition of throttle controls. It was a commercial success, becoming Japan's highest-grossing arcade game of 1988.
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Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Famicom, Sharp X68000, Video Challenger, PC Engine, Saturn, FM Towns
Release
September 1987
Arcade September 1987[1][2] Amiga 1989 Atari ST 1989 MS-DOS 1989 Famicom March 30, 1989 Sharp X68000 1989 Mega Drive/Genesis
JP: March 23, 1990
NA: March 22, 1990
EU: 1990
PC Engine
JP: September 28, 1990
Sega Saturn
JP: September 27, 1996
Nintendo 3DS
JP: December 18, 2013
WW: January 15, 2015
Genre(s)
Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)
Single-player
Arcade system
Sega X Board
Development
Development of After Burner II commenced after Out Run was finished. The game was mostly created by three men, Yu Suzuki, Satoshi Mifune, and Kawaguchi. During development, it was codenamed Studio 128 to specify the secrecy of the project.[4]
The primary influence of After Burner II was Top Gun, although an art style in the vein of science fiction anime films like Laputa: Castle in the Sky was considered but scrapped due to team wanting to appeal to a western audience.
After Burner II was considered to be a reissue of After Burner with minor improvements, such as a throttle that was absent in the original game.
Ports
Arcade version screenshot
After Burner II has been translated and ported to numerous home systems: PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis, Famicom, FM Towns Marty, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Sega Saturn.[5]
The game was rebuilt with stereoscopic 3D feature as one of 3D Classics for Nintendo 3DS.
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In Japan, After Burner II was tied with After Burner as the highest-grossing arcade game of 1988.[17]
Mega placed the Mega Drive version at number 38 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.[18]MegaTech magazine praised the smooth and fast gameplay, as well as the sound.
Legacy
In Japan, After Burner II was released on the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages classic series.
M2 ported After Burner II in Sega's 3D Classics series to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on 2013 and worldwide in 2015. This version is faithful to the original arcade game with additions, including Touch Controls and screen layouts that resemble the Upright as well as the Commander and Deluxe cabinets. An unlockable new Special mode was also added, which used a time-slowing "Burst" system similar to After Burner Climax, and featured a different story and altered stages. This mode has no stage select or continues, and instead depends on frequent acquisition of extra lives over the course of the game in order to complete it.[19]
References
"アフターバーナー 2 ROMキット"[After Burner 2: ROM type]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
"アフターバーナー 2 シティタイプ"[After Burner 2: Sit-in type]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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