After Burner Climax

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After Burner Climax
System(s): Sega Lindbergh, PlayStation 3 (PSN), Xbox 360, iOS, Android
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2 AM Ishoku Team Fishing Cactus
Genre: Shooting
Release Date RRP Code JP ▼ 2013-07-24 US ▼ 2013 $2.992.99 JP ▼ 2013-07-24 US ▼ 2013-02-07 $2.992.99 EU ▼ 2013
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After Burner Climax (アフターバーナークライマックス) is an arcade game in the After Burner series developed by Sega AM2 and released on Sega Lindbergh arcade hardware in 2006. The game casts the player as a member of the G.H.O.S.T. squadron's Brave Fangs Aero Team, acting under UN authority to counter a hostile state's nuclear threat.

In December of 2014 the game was de-listed from Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network.

Gameplay

The game plays similarly to After Burner II with some mechanical additions, the most prominent of which is the "Climax Mode". When the Climax bar is filled, players are able to slow time and gain a much larger targeting reticule by pushing the throttle to its maximum. The player also gains an armor meter, which allows the player to take multiple hits before losing a life. Other new game features include a combo-based scoring system, an indoor stage, a limited branching path progression structure and a pre-game choice of aircraft.

Additionally, the game includes a Team Play Mode for linked cabinets. In this mode players team up to fight the enemy, with a winner being declared at the end of each round based on the score achieved during the stage.

Versions

Cabinet variants

The arcade version of After Burner Climax was made available in three types of cabinet. The standard version is a sit-down cabinet with no motion features. The standard motion model provides side-to-side motion, and an optional display housing is available for linked units. The deluxe motion model tilts to provide motion in all directions, and is fitted with a widescreen, high definition LCD monitor rather than the standard definition CRT monitors of the other models.

Version history

System	Version	Size	Date	Comment	Ref	Icon
	0000010000020000000000000000001.2	410MB	201308072013-08-07
	0000010000000000010000000000001.0.1	261MB	201305162013-05-16

Production credits

Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions

• Producer: Noriyuki Shimoda
• Director: Masahide Kawakami
• Lead Planner: Yoshiki Kanoh
• Lead Programmer: Masayuki Sumi
• Lead Artist: Seiji Aoki
• Planners: Toshihide Ozeki, Tatsumi Yoshida
• Programmers: Takuji Masuda, Yukinori Kaneko, Masanori Sakurai, Tsuguharu Nagasawa, Kensuke Itou
• CG Artists:
  • Aircraft Model: Akihito Hiroyoshi, Tomoyuki Tsukishima, Shinichi Chiba
  • Field Design: Norikazu Hirai, Genta Takahashi, Shinya Inoue, Satoshi Andou, Hisanori Ohyama
  • Effect Design: Ryo Shibasaki
  • Character Design: Akihito Hiroyoshi
  • 2D Graphics Design: Kazuya Suzuki, Daisuke Ueoka, Erika Aihara
  • Movie: Shungo Seki, Yoshinari Itoh
  • Motion: Toshiya Inoue, Shinya Shimada, Masayuki Ito
  • Motion Actor: Daisuke Ueoka
  • Management: Takehiko Mikami
• Sound Creators: Tatsutoshi Narita, Keisuke Tsukahara, Fumio Itoh, Masanori Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Takagi, Tomoya Koga
  • Original & New Arrange: Hiro
• Cabinet Designers:
  • Mechanical Engineers: Masayuki Makino, Naoya Yamaguchi, Yutaka Yokoyama, Toshiya Yamaguchi
  • Electoric Engineer: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Product Designer: Hiroki Nunokawa
• Publicity: Kazumasa Nishijima, Nobutaka Arii
• Game Tuning: Tatsumi Yoshida, Yuichi Tanabe
• Game Tester: Naomichi Nishimura
• Voice Cast:
  • Gazer: Jack Merluzzi
  • Jaguar02: Dominic Roger Allen
  • Jaguar03: Vicki Glass
  • Crew: Douglas Kirkpatrick
• Special Thanks: Masaya Shirai, Takashi Mori, Toshiyuki Hado, Justin Burke, Daisuke Yoshida, Daisuke Naito, Hideki Miwa, Toshihiro Nakaya, Toshiaki Yuasa, Naonori Watanabe, Hidekuni Ohta, Shinichi Goto, Naoyuki Machida, Takuma Hatori, Sachiko Kobayashi, Keiko Ishiwata, Ken Yoshimura, Masanori Ohe, Hiroshi Kataoka
• The typefaces included herein are solely developed by DynaComware.
• Created by: AM R&D Dept. 2
• Presented by: Sega
• ©Sega

Gallery

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  Standard cabinet

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  Deluxe cabinet

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  Super Deluxe cabinet

Artwork

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Digital manuals

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  Standard cabinet

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  Deluxe cabinet

Magazine articles

Main article: After Burner Climax/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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  Lindbergh US flyer

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  Lindbergh US flyer (alt)

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  Lindbergh UK flyer

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  XBLA/PSN Press release

Physical scans

Lindbergh version

Lindbergh,

External links

• After Burner Climax on iTunes: US, UK, JP (offline)
• After Burner Climax on Google Play (offline)

References

Games in the After Burner Series
	After Burner (1987) | After Burner II (home computers) (1987) | G-LOC: Air Battle (home computers) (1990) | Strike Fighter (1991) | Sky Target (1995) | Sega Strike Fighter (2000) | After Burner Climax (2006)
	After Burner (1987) | G-LOC: Air Battle (1991)
	After Burner (1988)
	After Burner II (1990) | G-LOC: Air Battle (1993)
	G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
	After Burner III (1992)
	After Burner Complete (1995)
	Sega Ages After Burner II (1996) | Sky Target (1997)
	Sky Target (1997)
	After Burner II (200x) | After Burner II DX (2007)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 10: After Burner II (2004)
	After Burner: Black Falcon (2007)
	After Burner Climax (2010)
	3D After Burner II (2013)
	After Burner Climax (2013)
After Burner related media
	Sega Game Music Vol. 3 After Burner (1987) | After Burner (1990) | Strike Fighter (1991) | Yu Suzuki Produce After Burner II (1997) | Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998) | After Burner Climax Sound Track (2006) | After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (2007) | After Burner II (2018) | G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (2020)
	After Burner (1987) | After Burner / Super Hang-On (1987)