After Burner II

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After Burner II
European boxart (note erroneous use of F-15)
Developer(s)	Sega-AM2
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Yu Suzuki
Composer(s)	Noriyuki Iwadare
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Famicom, Sharp X68000, Mega Drive, PC Engine, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2
Release date(s)	1987 (Arcade) 1989 (Amiga) 1989 (Atari ST) 1989 (MS-DOS) 1989 (Famicom) 1989 (Sharp X68000) 1990 (Mega Drive) 1990 (PC Engine) 1996 (Sega Saturn) 2004 (PlayStation 2)
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player
Cabinet	Standard upright, sit-down hydraulic cockpit
Arcade system	Sega X Board
Display	Raster

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, you fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like Out Run, another Sega arcade game, After Burner II came in several versions, the most famous being a large, servo actuated, sit-down cabinet which resembled a cockpit and moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. There was also a more basic upright cabinet version.

The differences between After Burner and After Burner II are very small, and it is easy to confuse the two. The differences included:

• The waiting-for-start sequence (the screen/music after a player inserts credits but before starting the game) is different.
• After Burner II added a throttle to the controls, allowing players to vary their speed while flying.
• After Burner has 18 stages; After Burner II has those same stages but adds three additional stages that make 21 stages total.
• After Burner II added a few minor enemy changes to introduce new speed-based challenges (missiles/aircraft behind the player aircraft) to account for the use of the new throttle control.
• The player's missiles in After Burner II could be fired considerably more frequently.
• Musical compositions were the same for both games, though After Burner's instrumentation is different in spots.

Translations and Ports

After Burner II has been translated and ported to numerous home computers, consoles and mobile phones; including versions for the PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive, Famicom, FM Towns Marty, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Sega Saturn. In Japan, it was released on the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages classic series.

It is notable that the version released for Sega Saturn is a nearly direct port of the arcade code, which at that time, was very rare for a home version.

It can also be played within the game Shenmue II.

Notable features

The Japanese Sega Mega Drive version was one of the only three games to support the AX-1E analog controller.

External links

• After Burner II at the Killer List of Videogames
• After Burner II at MobyGames
• After Burner II at Arcade-History

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