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After Burner

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After Burner

Jul 13, 1987

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2.98 average rating based on 98 ratings

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Muster up all the skill, reflexes and guts you've got. Because inside your F-14 Thunder Cat, you're going to need all that - and more. Blast laser-directed, anti-aircraft fire at enemy planes. Dodge heat-seeking missiles with fancy flywork, like dips, turns and barrel rolls. Come head to head with the infamous Flying Fortresses (the toughest of all enemies) and dogfight your way through, to a nanosecond of safety. And if you make it far enough, a fuel tanker will be waiting for you. Dock successfully and you'll replenish valuable energy and ammunition. So get your adrenaline pumping and grab your … More
Muster up all the skill, reflexes and guts you've got. Because inside your F-14 Thunder Cat, you're going to need all that - and more. Blast laser-directed, anti-aircraft fire at enemy planes. Dodge heat-seeking missiles with fancy flywork, like dips, turns and barrel rolls. Come head to head with the infamous Flying Fortresses (the toughest of all enemies) and dogfight your way through, to a nanosecond of safety. And if you make it far enough, a fuel tanker will be waiting for you. Dock successfully and you'll replenish valuable energy and ammunition. So get your adrenaline pumping and grab your joystick. Then take to the skies. You're not going to believe what's up there! Less
Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega AM2
Series
After Burner
Platforms
Arcade
Genres
Arcade, Shooter, Simulator
Themes
Action
Release Dates
Jul 13, 1987 Full Release (Japan)
Arcade
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User Stats
244
In Collection
13
Wish Listed
2
Playing
39
Backlogged
How Long Is After Burner?
100% completion: 1.0 hours
Total completions: 1
giopep
giopep gave May 27, 2022
giopep gave May 27, 2022
giopep's review of After Burner
This review is for the Arcade version

I always sucked at After Burner and getting back on it today I can see nothing changed. To be fair, it's clearly made for sucking money ot ouf your pockets: chaotic, iper-hectic, really hard and it lets you add coins to get more lives, so you don't even have to see the Game Over screen. That's also why it's such a pleasure to emulate it and enjoy it without having to spend your whole weekly allowance. Also, I was able to play it with my HOTAS, which mad it really cool and kinda close to my memories of playing it in the arcades. I'm also sitting on a Varier, so I could move up and down and feel like I was on a cheap version of the old hydraulics powered arcade machine. :D

Anyway, it's still visually really pretty, the Eighties music is adorable and it's a fun game, even though I think After Burner II is a better game. It's not that different, but the graphics are marginally better, there's some cute new ideas and the speed control is actually a smart addition in terms of gameplay. Also, it allowed me to use my full HOTAS setup, the throttle …

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I always sucked at After Burner and getting back on it today I can see nothing changed. To be fair, it's clearly made for sucking money ot ouf your pockets: chaotic, iper-hectic, really hard and it lets you add coins to get more lives, so you don't even have to see the Game Over screen. That's also why it's such a pleasure to emulate it and enjoy it without having to spend your whole weekly allowance. Also, I was able to play it with my HOTAS, which mad it really cool and kinda close to my memories of playing it in the arcades. I'm also sitting on a Varier, so I could move up and down and feel like I was on a cheap version of the old hydraulics powered arcade machine. :D

Anyway, it's still visually really pretty, the Eighties music is adorable and it's a fun game, even though I think After Burner II is a better game. It's not that different, but the graphics are marginally better, there's some cute new ideas and the speed control is actually a smart addition in terms of gameplay. Also, it allowed me to use my full HOTAS setup, the throttle too!

Anyway, these are really simple, spectacular, chaotic and ultimately fun games. Ah, the old times! Ah, I'm old! ah

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Chovus
Chovus updated their status Dec 27, 2024
Chovus updated their status Dec 27, 2024

Beat on NES using slow motion. This was not a 3D flight simulator, rather more of an on rails shooter. I found the visuals from moving the jet around to be very choppy and an eye sore, especially when shooting enemies that flew past from behind. The main gameplay was lining up missile locks on tiny specs in the distance to destroy enemies before they shot missiles. There was seemingly no limit on how many targets could be locked and the missiles were smart enough to go after different targets. It was very simple gameplay that only changed a bit with different enemy formations and faster speed as stages went on. Sometimes there were missiles coming from behind that required a barrel roll to shake. Missiles coming from the front were a bit more challenging as you had to bank the correct way or sometimes barrel roll. I had to save state scum quite a bit to avoid some of those deaths. Speeding up could also help avoid missiles. The most annoying part was the barrel roll controls. Rather than be a dedicated button it was performed by a combination of left and right movement, which led to a lot …

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Beat on NES using slow motion. This was not a 3D flight simulator, rather more of an on rails shooter. I found the visuals from moving the jet around to be very choppy and an eye sore, especially when shooting enemies that flew past from behind. The main gameplay was lining up missile locks on tiny specs in the distance to destroy enemies before they shot missiles. There was seemingly no limit on how many targets could be locked and the missiles were smart enough to go after different targets. It was very simple gameplay that only changed a bit with different enemy formations and faster speed as stages went on. Sometimes there were missiles coming from behind that required a barrel roll to shake. Missiles coming from the front were a bit more challenging as you had to bank the correct way or sometimes barrel roll. I had to save state scum quite a bit to avoid some of those deaths. Speeding up could also help avoid missiles. The most annoying part was the barrel roll controls. Rather than be a dedicated button it was performed by a combination of left and right movement, which led to a lot of unintentional rolls and failure to execute some when I wanted to. It was not a long game but was starting to get boring around the half way point. It was not as well made as it could have been but decent fun for a NES game.

6.5/10

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EjKejEj
EjKejEj updated their status May 16, 2024
EjKejEj updated their status May 16, 2024

Can't think of a good control scheme to play without buying a USB joystick (analog stick feels weird on MAME).

PixelSlayers
PixelSlayers updated their status Jan 13, 2018
PixelSlayers updated their status Jan 13, 2018

Using this adapter, you can play Master System games on your Genesis/Mega Drive!