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After Burner II (1987)

Sega AM2

Arcade

3.07 from 58 ratings

159 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 34 backlogged · 12 wish listed

How long? · with extras 1h · 100% 1h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, players fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like OutRun, another Sega arcade game, After Burner II came in several versions, the most famous being a large, servo … Read more
After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, players fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like OutRun, another Sega arcade game, After Burner II came in several versions, the most famous being a large, servo actuated, sit-down cabinet which resembled a cockpit and moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. There was also a more basic upright cabinet version. Read less
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Details

Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Series
After Burner

Release dates

  • Oct 1987 (Japan) Arcade
  • 1987 (North_America) Arcade
  • 1987 (Europe) Arcade

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4 stars
11
3 stars
36
2 stars
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1 star
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EjKejEj

Status EjKejEj May 16, 2024

Sequel...more like an upgraded version. While there aren't many changes, there are just 3 new stages and speed throttle. The latter one changes the game a lot.

Worth praising is the 3DS port. It's an arcade-perfect port. but with added things: improved framerate, added 3D effect and widescreen, added stage select, and a new "Special" mode, which you unlock after …

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Sequel...more like an upgraded version. While there aren't many changes, there are just 3 new stages and speed throttle. The latter one changes the game a lot.

Worth praising is the 3DS port. It's an arcade-perfect port. but with added things: improved framerate, added 3D effect and widescreen, added stage select, and a new "Special" mode, which you unlock after beating the game once (it's mostly the same game but with an ability to use "burst" which slows down time and now you can score extra lives.

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Jusfei

Status Jusfei Dec 30, 2020

Reached the goal... with a lot of continues.

Final Thoughts: For an arcade game made in the 80s, this game is a major technical marvel like OutRun. The graphics are pretty and smooth for its time, and the music composition Is simply one of the bests I've heard from that time period. The Afterburner -Climax- theme is one of my …

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Reached the goal... with a lot of continues.

Final Thoughts: For an arcade game made in the 80s, this game is a major technical marvel like OutRun. The graphics are pretty and smooth for its time, and the music composition Is simply one of the bests I've heard from that time period. The Afterburner -Climax- theme is one of my favorite arcade songs ever and it's even neat that it makes cameo apperances in other franchises especially Bayonetta and even Smash Bros.

Unlike OutRun, this game has not aged well mechanically and is nearly impossible to play today. There's almost no way to dodge incoming missiles unless you pre-memorize the patterns, because they are impossible to see with both the camera framing and how frantic the action is. I can't even imagine how people beat this back in the day.

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