After Burner Climax

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After Burner Climax
System(s): Sega Lindbergh, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2 AM Ishoku Team Fishing Cactus
Genre: Shooting, Arcade & Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 2006-10 ¥? DVP-0009 US 2006 $? ? UK 2006 £? ? JP ▼ 2010-04-21 ¥857 (900)857e NPJB-00046 US ▼ 2010-04-22 $9.999.99 NPUB-30151 EU ▼ 2010-04-22 €9.999.99 NPEB-00175 UK ▼ 2010-04-22 £7.997.99 NPEB-00175 AU ▼ 2010-04-22 $15.9515.95 KR ▼ 2010-04-23 NPHB-00168 JP ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 JP ▼ (Otameshiban) 2010-04-21 FREEfree US ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 US ▼ (Trial Game) 2010-04-21 FREEfree EU ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 EU ▼ (Trial Game) 2010-04-21 FREEfree DE ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 DE ▼ (Trial Game) 2010-04-21 FREEfree UK ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 UK ▼ (Trial Game) 2010-04-21 FREEfree AU ▼ 2010-04-21 800MSP800 AU ▼ (Trial Game) 2010-04-21 FREEfree JP ▼ 2013-07-24 ¥238 (250)250i US ▼ 2013 $2.992.99 JP ▼ 2013-07-24 ¥238 (250)250i US ▼ 2013-02-07 $2.992.99 9+ EU ▼ 2013-02-07 UK ▼ 2013-02-07 £1.991.99 9+

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. May 2015 saw the removal of the game from Google Play and iTunes. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017. On April 4th, 2019, the game was relisted again on Google Play and iTunes under the Sega Forever branding. It would later be delisted from both platforms again at some point in 2021.

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.

Achievements

Main article: After Burner Climax/Achievements.

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

Main article: After Burner Climax/Changelog.

System	Version	Size	Date	Comment	Ref	Icon
	0000010000020000000000000000001.2	410MB	201308072013-08-07
	0000010000000000010000000000001.0.1	261MB	201305162013-05-16
	0000010000010000000000000000001.1	368MB	201307182013-07-18
	0000010000000000000000000000001.0	225MB	201302072013-02-07

Downloadable content

Main article: After Burner Climax/Downloadable content.

Production credits

Lindbergh version

• 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 Corporation, 2006

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In-game credits

Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions

Conversion Staff

• Producer: Noriyuki Shimoda
• Director: Tohru Murayama
• Lead Programmer: Hitoshi Iizawa
• Programmers: Masanori Sato, Takuji Masuda
• 2D Graphics Design: Hiroshi Kandou, Saori Furutani
• Planners: Yusaku Egami, Masahide Hiroike

Sega of Japan

• Project Management: Takeshi Shimizu, Yasushi Yamashita
• Localization Support: Tatsuya Shikata, Emi Yamane
• Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Mamoru Kodama
• Product Support: Junichi Shimizu, Koji Nagata, Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Satou, Satoshi Kuwano, Kouji Nakagawa, Ken Sato, Nobuyuki Miyoshi
• Special Thanks: Sachiko Kobayashi, Eri Komuro, Hideki Morita, Nobuyuki Inoue, Hiroshi Kataoka

Sega of America

• Localization Producers: Kevin Frane, Patrick Riley
• Associate Brand Manager: Derrek Peel
• Associate PR Manager: Thu Nguyen
• Associate Web Producer: Jackie Lee
• Associate Community Manager: David Beavers
• QA Leads: Kip Bunyea, Phil Musil
• Standards Leads: Eduardo Camacho, John Belcher
• Standards Assistant Leads: Dennis De Bernardi, Ben Orser
• Standards Testers: Lina Ariana, Luke McLaughlin, Chris Ruane, Christian Sutton
• QA Testers: Dan Kato, Dan Hutchinson, Henry Cheung, Daniel Rosenberg, Courtney Roebuck, Addison Delany
• Special Thanks: Keith Dwyer, Osamu Shibamiya

SEGA EUROPE LIMITED

• Localization Producer: Jamie Bailey
• Senior European PR Executive: Wouter Van Wout
• Brand Manager: Amy Hutchinson
• Production manager: George Cover
• Standards Supervisor: Darran Wall
• Functionality Supervisor: Julie Metior
• Mastering Supervisor: David Pither
• Project Lead: Stuart Fenn
• Mastering Technicians: Phil Adams, Renan Rizzi, Adam Waite
• Standards Coordinator: Shiva Allari
• Senior Standards Technician: Aaron Caney
• Standards Technician: Warren Becket
• Senior Testers: Ryan Crawford, Cara Gifford-Pitcher

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In-game credits

Note:Ending credits is the same as arcade version.

Digital manuals

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  Standard cabinet

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  Deluxe cabinet

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  US service bulletin 1

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  US service bulletin 2

Magazine articles

Main article: After Burner Climax/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Lindbergh US flyer

PDF

Lindbergh US flyer (alt)

PDF

Lindbergh UK flyer

PDF

Lindbergh info sheet

PDF

XBLA/PSN Press release

Artwork

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Photo gallery

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  Standard cabinet

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  Deluxe cabinet

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  Super Deluxe cabinet

Physical scans

Lindbergh version

Lindbergh, JP
Disc

External links

• After Burner Climax on PlayStation.com: JP, US, UK, KR
• After Burner Climax on PlayStation Store: JP, US, KR (offline)
• After Burner Climax on iTunes: US, UK, JP (offline)
• After Burner Climax on Google Play (offline)
• After Burner Climax on Xbox Marketplace: JP, US, UK, AU (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
	(1987) | (1990) | (1991) | (1997) | (1998) | (2006) | (2007) | (2018) | (2020)
	(1987) | (1987)