After Burner (アフターバーナー) is a 1987 Japanese arcade game by Sega. It is the first game in the After Burner series. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki.
The game allows the player to control a F-14 Tomcat jet which must destroy a series of enemy jets throughout 18 stages. The jet itself employs a machine gun and a limited set of missiles. These weapons are replenished by another aircraft after beating a few stages. The aircraft, canno...
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After Burner (アフターバーナー) is a 1987 Japanese arcade game by Sega. It is the first game in the After Burner series. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki.
The game allows the player to control a F-14 Tomcat jet which must destroy a series of enemy jets throughout 18 stages. The jet itself employs a machine gun and a limited set of missiles. These weapons are replenished by another aircraft after beating a few stages. The aircraft, cannon and missile buttons are all controlled from an integrated flight stick.
The game itself was released in two variations: a standard upright cabinet and a rotating cockpit version. In the cockpit, the seat rotated horizontally while the cockpit rotated vertically.
After Burner was followed by After Burner II, which was released on the same year. It is said by some sources that this game is more of a complete version of its predecessor, given the great similarities between both games.
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