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 Enterprises, Ltd. Dempa Micomsoft (JP) Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (US, Europe) NEC Avenue Sunsoft Tengen CRI Dempa Micomsoft
Developer: Studio 128 Dempa Micomsoft Bits Laboratory Sunsoft Tengen CRI Dempa Micomsoft
Distributor: Kanal 10 (SE rental) (older) Hent Gruppen (SE rental) (newer) Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
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 US ▼ (Sega Channel) 1994-06-01 SUBsub EU 1991-04 1104 UK 1991-04 £34.9934.99 1104 SE (rental) 199x AU 199x CA 199x BR 1991-06 JP 1989-03 JP 1989-05 ¥9,2009,200

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After Burner II (アフターバーナーII), known on the Famicom and FM Towns as simply After Burner (アフターバーナーII), is an update to the smash hit After Burner, developed by Studio 128 and first released in October 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. The motion simulator arcade cabinet is also improved, adding a throttle to the original's analog flight stick controls, giving it full HOTAS flight controls.

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.

The game's HOTAS controls with analog flight stick and throttle provided the basis for the XE-1 AP, the first analog thumbstick controller, in 1989.

Versions

Comparisons

Main article: After Burner II/Comparisons.

Production credits

Main article: After Burner II/Production credits.

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

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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) 85 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 66 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, US (Re-Release)
Cover
Manual

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

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Kanal 10)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Hent black)
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

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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 File:After Burner II PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf Manual

X68000 version

X68000, JP
Cover
Disk 1 Disk 2

Technical information

Main article: After Burner II/Technical information.

References

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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)
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	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
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