After Burner

Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

After Burner (c) 1987 Sega.

Another 3-D Sega game rendered with their superb sprite-scaling technology; this time putting the player into the seat of a powerful jet fighter.

A number of colorful, fast-moving environments await the player, as he or she takes on the hordes of enemy planes intent on the player's destruction.

At the end of every 2nd stage, the player's jet fighter is re-fueled and re-armed, either by the appearance of a large support plane, or by landing on a military airstrip.

After Burner's straightforward shoot'em up game-play is unremarkable and repetitive, but fun - largely down to the game's incredible visuals.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Sega X Board" hardware.

Players: 1
Control: stick
Buttons: 2

Upright cabinet dimensions :
Inches : 24,8inch Deep x 33,9inch Wide x 72,8inch High.
Centimeters : 63cm Deep x 86cm Wide x 185cm High.
Weight : 273 lbs / 124 kg

Other cabinet releases:
"After Burner [Commander model]"
"After Burner [W Cradle model]"

- TRIVIA -

After Burner was released on July 17, 1987 in Japan.

The After Burner series was originally inspired by the 1986 Academy Award winning feature film 'Top Gun'.

Soundtrack album releases :
[JP] Sega Taikan Game Special [28XA-198] (Dec. 21, 1987) (Alfa Record)
[JP] After Burner [Sega Game Music Vol.3] [28XA-109] (Dec. 21, 1987) (Alfa Record)
Galaxy Force -G.S.M. Sega 1- [Arrange] (D28B0002) (7/21/88) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. Sega 3- [Arrange] (PCCB-00009) (10/21/89) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
Mega Selection -G.S.M. Sega- [Arrange] (PCCB-00014) (12/15/89) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
[JP] After Burner [GSM 1500 Series] [PCCB-00032] (June. 21, 1990) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
S.S.T. Band Live [Arrange] (PCCB-00042) (10/31/90) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
After Burner ~Sega Game Music Vol. 3~ [Reprint] (SCDC-00056) (12/20/2000) [Scitron Disc]
SING! ~ Sega Game Music ~ Presented BY B.B.Queens [Arrange+Mega CD Soft] (BVRR-1) [BMG Victor]
CLUB SEGA [Arrange] (MJCA-00003) (10/17/97) (Marvelous Entertainment)
Scitron 10th Anniversary Special Sampler (10/15/98) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
SEGACON ~The Best of Sega Game Music~ Vol. 1 (10/24/2001) (SVWC-7092~4) [Sony Music Visual Works]
BACK IN THE S.S.T.BAND ~THE VERY BEST~ [Arrange] (11/19/2003) (SCDC-00312) [Scitron Disc]
Storm! ~SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.2~ (1/7/2004) (KDSK-00023)
GAME SOUND LEGEND ARRANGE SERIES "SPEED & WIND" [Arrange] (SCDC-00375) [Scitron Disc]
After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (29/11/2007)

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Secret Commands : On the following stages, press the following keys to get the following effects.
During Demo - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor and stick Right to get a DUKE message.
Stage 1 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile, to get a messages.
Stage 3 - press Start and speed fast to get 100 Missiles.
Stage 5 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile, to get a message.
Stage 9 - press Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Right to get 100 Missiles.
Stage 11 - press Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Left to get 50,000,000 pts.
Stage 13 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Left to get a message.
Stage 16 - press Start and stick down to get a message.
Stage 19 - press Start to get a message.
Stage 21 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor and stick Up to get 250,000,000 pts.
Stage 23 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor to get a message.

- SERIES -

1. After Burner (1987, Arcade)
2. After Burner II (1987, Arcade)
3. G-Loc - Air Battle (1990, Arcade)
4. R360 - G-Loc Air Battle (1990, Arcade)
5. Strike Fighter (1991, Arcade)
6. Sky Target (1995, Arcade)
7. Sega Strike Fighter (2000, Arcade)
8. After Burner Climax (2006, Arcade)
9. After Burner - Black Falcon (2007, PSP)

- STAFF -

Designed by : Yu Suzuki (YU.)
Music by : Hiroshi Miyauchi (HIR)
Others : (KIM), Bin Chan (BIN), (SAD), (KEY), (Y.N)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mark III [JP] (Dec. 12, 1987) "After Burner [Model G-1340]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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