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Sky Target
System(s): Sega Model 2A CRX, Sega Saturn, PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Saturn
SCSP/CD-DA (38 tracks)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Saturn
3D Control Pad
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Windows PC
JP
¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090) HCJ-0115

Sky Target (スカイターゲット) is a Sega Model 2A CRX arcade game developed by Sega AM1. Despite its name it is considered part of the After Burner franchise, having the player pilot various jet planes across levels. The original Model 2 cabinet was only released in Japan.

Sky Target is the first in the series to be portrayed in full 3D. It is a much slower game than its predecessors, perhaps more comparable to Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64 or Panzer Dragoon as a result.

Ports of the game were made for the Sega Saturn and in Japan, Windows PCs.

Production credits

Arcade version

Saturn version

~In-game credits~[1]
Staff

Original Game Design: Takanori Hattori, Masayuki Ao
Saturn Game Design: Shigenori Araki
Programmer: Zoltán Bartos, István Fey, Tamás Kovács, Attila Szalkai, Péter Balogh, Zoltán Varga
Project Manager: József Szentesi
Artist: Szilárd Siroki, Ferenc Nagypál, Balázs Kalázdi, Endre Számel
Managing Director: Péter Huszár
Technical Advisor: Kazuhiro Takase, Hiroaki Sano
Development Advisor: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Ao, and All Sky Target Team Members
Producer: Shigenori Araki, Matt O'Driscoll, Steve Hutchins, David Locke
Senior Producer: Yutaka Sugano
Special thanks to: Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki, Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato, Stephen Friedman, András Császár, Jason Friedman, Ichirou Kawaoka, Tatsuya Watanabe, Atsushi Shimamura, Yoshimi Aikawa, Nanae Kenda, Jun Senoue, Isao Matsumoto, Ryutaro Nonaka, Zoltán Somorjai

Presented by: Sega

PC version

Original Game Design: Takanori Hattori, Masayuki Ao
PC Game Design: Shigenori Araki
Development Advisor: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Ao
Product Director: Toshinori Asai
Producer: Akira Kozu
Assistant Producer: Kei Suzuki
Programmer: Tamás Kovács, Zoltán Bartos, István Fey, Attila Szalkai, Péter Balogh, Zoltán Varga
Project Manager: József Szentesi
Artist: Szilárd Siroki, Ferenc Nagypál, Balázs Kalázdi, Endre Számel
Managing Director: Péter Huszár
and All of Sky Target Team Members
Special Thanks to: Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki, Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato, Stephen Friedman, András Császár, Jason Friedman, Ichirou Kawaoka, Tatsuya Watanabe, Atsushi Shimamura, Yoshimi Aikawa, Nanae Kenda, Zoltán Somorjai
presented by: Sega

Track list

1. [data track]  
2. BGM 00 (02:27) 
3. BGM 01 (01:39) 
4. BGM 02 (01:44) 
5. BGM 03 (01:19) 
6. BGM 04 (01:58) 
7. BGM 05 (01:37) 
8. BGM 06 (03:24) 
9. BGM 07 (01:48) 
10. BGM 08 (02:28) 
11. BGM 09 (01:43) 
12. BGM 10 (02:10) 
13. BGM 11 (01:25) 
14. BGM 12 (01:23) 
15. BGM 13 (01:31) 
16. BGM 14 (01:29) 
17. BGM 15 (01:26) 
18. BGM 16 (00:33) 
19. BGM 17 (02:03) 
20. BGM 18 (01:48) 
21. BGM 19 (02:05) 
22. BGM 20 (00:48) 
23. BGM 21 (01:22) 
24. BGM 22 (01:13) 
25. BGM 23 (00:10) 
26. BGM 24 (00:34) 
27. Voice 01 (00:21) 
28. Voice 02 (00:25) 
29. Voice 03 (00:25) 
30. Voice 04 (00:25) 
31. Voice 05 (00:25) 
32. Voice 06 (00:25) 
33. Voice 07 (00:25) 
34. Voice 08 (00:25) 
35. Voice 09 (00:25) 
36. Voice 10 (00:25) 
37. Voice 11 (00:25) 
38. Voice 12 (00:25) 
39. Voice 13 (00:23) 
Running time: 45:26

Gallery

Physical scans

Model 2 version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 AllGame
40 №169, p75[2]
Arcade
50
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Arcade
N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Sky Target

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Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 AllGame
65 №437, p32
68 №110, p153
55 №58, p62
73 №22, p74/75[3]
47 №1997-14, p135[4]
68
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63 №101
Sega Saturn
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Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) PAL
80
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
48
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[8]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
30
[9]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
70
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
68
[11]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
61
[12]
Mega Console (IT) NTSC-J
72
[13]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
76
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
77
[15]
Neo (PL)
50
[16]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[17]
Player One (FR)
50
[18]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[19]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
70
[20]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
58
[21]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
80
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
73
[23]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
47
[24]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
68
[5]
Strana Igr (RU)
70
[25]
Super Power (FI)
61
[26]
Ultra Game Players (US)
63
[27]
Video Games (DE)
62
[28]
Sega Saturn
61
Based on
24 reviews

Sky Target

Saturn, US
SkyTarget Saturn US Box Back.jpgSkyTarget Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Skytarget sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
SkyTarget Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
SkyTarget Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
SkyTarget Saturn JP Box Back.jpgSkyTarget Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
SkyTarget Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
SkyTarget Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

PC version

PC, JP
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Cover
PC, JP (Ultra 2000)
SkyTarget PC JP Box Front Ultra2000.jpg
Cover

External links

References

  1. File:SkyTarget_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  2. File:CVG UK 169.pdf, page 75
  3. File:SSM_UK_22.pdf, page 74
  4. File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf, page 137
  5. 5.0 5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content
  6. Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 122
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 52
  8. Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
  9. Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 98
  10. GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 8: August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 20
  11. GamePro, "November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 155
  12. MAN!AC, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 72
  13. Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 72
  14. Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 60
  15. Mega Fun, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-04), page 68
  16. Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
  17. Next Generation, "October 1997" (US; 1997-09-23), page 177
  18. Player One, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 92
  19. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 151
  20. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
  21. Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 32
  22. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  23. Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-07-16), page 74
  24. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137
  25. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 105
  26. Super Power, "7 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 46
  27. Ultra Game Players, "September 1997" (US; 1997-08-19), page 85
  28. Video Games, "6/97" (DE; 1997-05-28), page 98



Games in the After Burner Series
Arcade
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)
Sega Master System
After Burner (1987) | G-LOC: Air Battle (1991)
LCD handheld game
After Burner (1988)
Sega Mega Drive
After Burner II (1990) | G-LOC: Air Battle (1993)
Sega Game Gear
G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
Sega Mega-CD
After Burner III (1992)
Sega 32X
After Burner Complete (1995)
Sega Saturn
Sega Ages After Burner II (1996) | Sky Target (1997)
Windows PC
Sky Target (1997)
Mobile phone
After Burner II (200x) | After Burner II DX (2007)
Sony PlayStation 2
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 10: After Burner II (2004)
Sony PlayStation Portable
After Burner: Black Falcon (2007)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
After Burner Climax (2010)
Nintendo 3DS
3D After Burner II (2013)
Google Android OS
iOS
After Burner Climax (2013)
After Burner related media
Music
Sega Game Music Vol. 3 After Burner (1987) | After Burner (1990) | Strike Fighter (1991) | Yu Suzuki Produce After Burner II (1997) | Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998) | After Burner Climax Sound Track (2006) | After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (2007) | After Burner II (2018) | G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (2020)
Film
After Burner (1987) | After Burner / Super Hang-On (1987)