After Burner II

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

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X Board NTSC-U/PAL NTSC-J PC Engine Famicom X68000
After Burner II
System(s): Sega X Board, Sega Mega Drive, FM Towns, NES, PC Engine, X68000
Publisher: Sega Dempa (JP) Sega (US, Europe) NEC Avenue Sunsoft Tengen CRI Dempa
Developer: Studio 128 Dempa Bits Laboratory Sunsoft Tengen CRI Dempa
Licensor: Sega
Peripherals supported: XE-1 AP
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1987-10 ¥? ? US 1987 $? ? UK 1987 £? ? JP 1989-03-30 ¥? ? US 1989-12 $? ? JP 1990-09-28 ¥¥7,200 NAPH-1011 {{#ifeq: 0 | 0 | JP 1990-03-23 ¥6,9006,900 T-17013 US 1990-09 $49.9549.95 1104 EU 1991-04 1104 UK 1991-04 £34.9934.99 1104 SE (rental) 199x AU 199x CA 199x BR 1991-06 JP 1989 ¥? ? 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 Studio 128 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.

Players will take control of F-14XX Skycat, another fictional variant of Navy Fighter F-14 Tomcat. Strangely, overseas version of the game uses the picture of an F-15, an air force fighter.

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 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.

Versions

Comparisons

Main article: After Burner II/Comparisons.

Production credits

Main article: After Burner II/Production credits.

X Board version

• Lead Developer / Lead Programmer: Yu Suzuki
• Programmer: Satoshi Mifune
• Composer: Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi

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Interviews

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

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In-game credits

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• Cover artist (US): Marc Ericksen

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Uncredited

PC Engine version

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

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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

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JP manual

Photo gallery

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  Cabinet (standard)

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  Cabinet (upright)

Digital manuals

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 EU manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: After Burner II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

X Board ES flyer (upright)

NES US print advert

X68000 JP print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #14: "September 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #14: "September 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Print advert in Excalibur (CZ) #21 (1993-12-10)

Artwork

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Physical scans

X Board version

X Board, World (upright)

X Board, World (deluxe)

X Board, DE

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 50 ACE (UK) 70 ACE (UK) PAL 50 Ação Games (BR) 75 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 80 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 90 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 90 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) 90 Console XS (UK) NTSC-J 76 Cool Gamer (RU) 60 Computer & Video Games (UK) 95 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 83 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 30 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 74 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 73 Game Mania (UK) 90 Games-X (UK) 70 Hobby Consolas (ES) 92 Joystick (FR) 79 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 61 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 79 Mega (UK) PAL 35 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 83 MegaTech (UK) PAL 88 Mean Machines (UK) 90 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 90 Player One (FR) 92 Power Play (DE) 80 Score (CZ) 65 Sega Power (UK) PAL 86 Sega Power (UK) PAL 75 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 66 Sega Pro (UK) 85 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77 Tilt (FR) 65 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 60 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) 70 Zero (UK) 90

	75
Based on 38 reviews

After Burner II

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual Manual (back) PCB

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Kanal10)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Horizontal Manual)

Mega Drive, AU (Vertical Manual)

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

FM Towns version

FM Towns, JP
Cover

NES version

NES, US
Cover
Cart

NES, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

PC Engine version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 67 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 88 Computer & Video Games (UK) 82 Computer + Video Giochi (IT) 90 Joystick (FR) 72 Player One (FR) 88 Power Play (DE) 81

	81
Based on 7 reviews

After Burner II

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card Manual

X68000 version

X68000, JP
Cover
Disk 1 Disk 2

Technical information

Main article: After Burner II/Technical information.

References

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