After Burner

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After Burner
System(s): Sega X Board, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NES, PC Engine, Sega Master System, Sharp X68000 and ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega
Nintendo Entertainment System
Tengen
Developer:
Release Date RRP Code
Famicom
JP
1989 ¥? ?
Nintendo Entertainment System
US
1989 $? ?

After Burner (アフターバーナー) is an arcade game designed by Yu Suzuki and developed by Sega AM2 in 1987. The player pilots a F-14 Tomcat jet through 18 levels, destroying enemies with machine gun fire and a limited supply of missiles.

Like OutRun and Hang-On, the game was revolutionary at the time of its release due to its cabinet design. Though standard upright cabinets were available, the sit-down version its notable for a horizontally rotating seat and a vertically rotating cockpit, controlled (like the game) by the integrated flight stick. It was, however, a Japanese only arcade game, and while there were numerous home ports of the game, the western world would have to wait until its sequel, After Burner II was released. Luckily After Burner II is extremely similar in design, so much so that people often consider it to be a more "complete" version of After Burner.

Sequels and Rereleases

After Burner was ported to numerous home consoles and computers, including the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, PC Engine, Sega Master System, Sharp X68000 and ZX Spectrum. It was also ported to the Sega 32X by Rutubo Games and went under the name of After Burner Complete. It was also ported illegally to the Nintendo Entertainment System by Tengen.

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Manuals

32X Version

  • JP Manual (info) ("Afterburnercomp 32x jp manual.cbr" does not exist)

Production Credits

32X Version

Reprogrammed by: Rutubo Games
~Game Staff~
Programmers and Planners: Y.Kenji (Rutobo Games), K.Tsuneyoshi (Rutobo Games), M.Hashimoto (Rutobo Games), S.Mukaigashira (Rutobo Games), M.Mishima (Rutobo Games), T.Matsushima (Rutobo Games), T.Maeda (Rutobo Games)
Special Thanks: H.Aso, K.Nagata, O.Sato, Y.Ohoka, S.Yonekura, H.Lee, K.Hayashida
Presented by: Sega Enterprises Ltd.

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After Burner


Master System Version

Master System, US
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Master System, EU
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Master System, EU
"no limits" variant
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Master System, EU
® variant
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Master System, JP
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Cart
Master System, Australia
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Master System, BR
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Amiga Version

Amiga, EU
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Atari ST Version

Atari ST, EU
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FM Towns Verison

FM Towns, JP
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MSX Version

MSX, EU (MCM)
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Cover

NES Version

NES, US
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NES, JP
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Sharp X68000 Version

X68000, JP
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ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum, EU (MCM)
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ZX Spectrum, EU (MCM) (Alt)
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ZX Spectrum, EU

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Disk
ZX Spectrum, EU (The Hit Squad)
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Cover
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Cassette



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)