After Burner II

For the Sega Saturn rerelease, see Sega Ages After Burner II. For Western home computer versions see After Burner (home computers)

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After Burner II

Publisher: Sega,

Dempa (JP), Sega (US/EU),

NEC Avenue,

Sunsoft,

Tengen

Developer: Sega AM2,

Dempa,

Bits Laboratory,

Sunsoft,

Tengen

System(s): Sega X Board, Sega Mega Drive, FM Towns, NES, PC Engine, Sharp X68000

Peripherals supported:

XE-1 AP

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1987-10^[1]	¥?	?
US	1987	$?	?
UK	1987	£?	?

JP	1989	¥?	?
US	1989	$?	?
JP	1990-09-28	¥?	NAPH-1011

JP	1990-03-23	¥6,900	T-17013
US	1990-07^[2]	$?	1104
CA	199x	$?	?
UK	1991-04	£34.99^[3]	1104
FR	1991-04	?F	1104
DE	1991-04	DM ?	1104
ES	1991-04	?Ptas	1104
AU	199x	$?	?
BR	1991-06^[4]	R$?	?


JP	19xx	¥?	?
JP	1989	¥9,200	?

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After Burner II (アフターバーナーII) is an update for After Burner, developed by Sega AM2 in 1987. This version adds three new stages, allows the player to change the fighter's speed during flight, and makes other gameplay and sound changes.

History

Legacy

The original After Burner was only ported to the Sega Master System, all other versions, despite what their box arts may say, are actually ports of After Burner II. This includes the NES and Sharp X68000 versions, as well as the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive ports, which are clearly labeled "After Burner II". With the exception of the NES version, all of these ports have After Burner II depicted on their title screens.

Tengen took Sunsoft's port of After Burner II to the Famicom and heavily modified it into an unlicensed After Burner for the NES (there are still some remnants of the old version, such as the sound test).

After Burner II also saw release as part of the Sega Ages: Volume 1 compilation on the Sega Saturn, and is playable within Shenmue II.

Production credits

X Board version

The credits given in interviews:^[5]

Yu Suzuki – Lead Developer, Lead Programmer
Satoshi Mifune – Programmer
Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi – Composer

The arcade version of After Burner II has no detailed credits screen, but instead aliases of the developers are seen on the backs of clothing in the ending sequence:

Kio, Yu, Bo, Kim, Hiro, Asu, MK, Bin, Mr, Sada, Ken

NES version

Program Director: Hiro-kun
Program: Hiro-kun, Suzuki Kun, Luckyasada
Art Director: Iwata Kun
Music: Kodaka San, Morota San
Hard Ware: A.T
Special Thanks: Don Gavacho, Erica, Yoko Chan
Director: Cho Musow
Marketing: Eguchan, Masato♥Kun, Kozawa, Norichan
Presented by...: Sun Electronics Corporation

Source: In-game credits

PC Engine version

Program: Bits Lab., 「山.Kanayama
Produce: NEC Avenue, T.Tabeta

Source: In-game credits

E. Producer: 崎尾誠
Programmer: 金山素志 (Bits)
Director: 高原保法
Sound: 磯田健一郎, 磯田重晴
Graphic: 宮崎暁 (Bits)
Analog Drv: 召田英紀
Still: 山下賢一
Special Thanks: 清水真佐志 (Bits), 松田浩二
Producer: 多部田俊雄

Source: JP manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: After Burner II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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NES US print advert

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Sharp X68000 JP print advert

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PDF

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

#14: "September 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

also published in:

GamePro (US) #14: "September 1990" (1990-xx-xx)^[7]