2018-9-9  In the US version, hold B + Left on controller 1 and A on controller 2 at the same time while starting the game (before the title screen appears). There is no proper initialization for initial values for menu, so on some emulators you just get the black screen. On controller 1 press Down a couple of times then press Left to start display something. If displayed correctly, use the D-pad. After Burner is a 1987 combat flight simulator arcade game developed and published by Sega.

.: July 1987.: October 1987Mode(s)Upright, sitdownAfter Burner is a 1987 developed and published. The player assumes control of an American fighter jet, and must clear each of the game's eighteen unique stages by destroying incoming enemies, using both a machine gun and a limited supply of heat-seeking missiles.

It uses a third-person perspective, previously utilized by Sega's earlier games and, and runs on the arcade system.Designed by Sega veteran and the division, After Burner was intended as being Sega's first 'true blockbuster' video game. Development began shortly after the completion of Out Run, and was kept as a closely guarded secret within the company.

Suzuki was inspired by the films and; he originally planned for the game to have a steampunk aesthetic similar to Laputa, but instead went with a Top Gun look to make the game approachable for worldwide audiences. It was designed outside the company in a building named 'Studio 128', due to Sega adopting a schedule to allow for games to be worked outside company headquarters.After Burner was acclaimed by critics for its impressive visuals, gameplay and overall presentation, and is seen as being important and influential. It was followed by a series of sequels and ports for many platforms, including the,.

Sega also produced several successors to the game to capitalize on its success, such as. After Burner has also been referenced in many other Sega video games, such as,. Arcade version screenshot.The game allows the player to control a jet airplane. The player's mission is to destroy enemy jets over 18 stages. At the start of the game, the player takes off from an aircraft carrier called the SEGA Enterprise, which shares a similar name to the one used in the 1986 film (also a reference to the company's name at the time, SEGA Enterprises, LTD.).In the arcade version, the jet employs a machine gun and a limited number of heat-seeking missiles (in the version the player has unlimited 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.The game itself was released in two variations in the US: a standard upright cabinet and a rotating cockpit version. In the cockpit version, the seat tilted forward and backwards, and the cockpit rotated from side to side.

It featured two speakers at head-level for stereo sound, and had a seatbelt to hold the player when the cockpit moved. Both cabinets contained a grey monitor frame with flashing lights at the top that indicated an enemy's 'lock' on the player's craft.

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Japan also received a commander cabinet that moved left and right.Development After Burner was designed by of, with assistance by programmer Satoshi Mifune and composer Hiroshi “Hiro” Kawaguchi. Development of the game begin in early December 1986 shortly after work on was completed, with much of the development team having worked on Out Run. After Burner was intended as Sega's first 'true blockbuster' video game; as such, the project was kept as a closely-guarded secret within the company during the entirety of its development cycle. When the game was in its initial concept stages, Sega had adopted a work system, allowing development of games to be done outside the company; After Burner was one of the first games to be produced under this new system, with development taking place in a building named 'Studio 128'.Suzuki was inspired by the film and initially wanted to employ a similar steampunk anime aesthetic for After Burner, but this idea was scrapped early on in favor of a style akin to the movie, as Suzuki wanted the game more approachable for a worldwide audience. The game was programmed using a computer, making it Sega's first video game to be designed using a computer. The 'deluxe' sit-down arcade cabinet for After Burner.One of the biggest challenges the team had to overcome was researching and implementing sprite and surface rotation, which for the time was considered a milestone in video games.

The team also struggled with creating the smoke trails made by firing missiles, seeing several tweaks and revisions as development progressed. Unlike their earlier game Out Run, which featured real-world locations in its levels, Suzuki lacked the time to visit any specific places or landmarks, so he and his team made up their own stage settings. Suzuki toyed with the idea of having the as the antagonists to potentially increase sales in the west, but decided against it later on after struggling to tie it together with the game's level designs and settings. The refueling and landing sequences were created to add variety.The After Burner arcade cabinet was significantly more expensive than most of Sega's other machines at the time.

The first prototype unit constructed, which consisted of the monitor attached to a steel frame, was claimed by Mifune to have 'amazing power', but was considered too dangerous to operate and had the power levels lowered. Suzuki also thought of the game using a gyroscopic arcade cabinet that spun the player around, an idea that later became the. A throttle control was briefly considered, but was abandoned as it would have destroyed the game's difficulty balance. It uses the, which was also used for games such as (1987) and (1989). After Burner was officially released in Japan in July 1987, and in October of that year in North America. Conversions The game was ported to the,. The C64 has two versions: a European version by U.S.

Gold, and a U.S. Version by Activision and Weebee Games. A port of After Burner to the 32X was done by, and was known as After Burner Complete in Japan and Europe.

An unlicensed port of the game developed by also exists, which was reworked by for their Japanese-exclusive port to the same console. A port of After Burner to the was included in an arcade 4 pack named.Reception reviewed After Burner on the, citing aircraft depicted in 'remarkable detail', 'spectacular' scenery, and excellent explosions.

See also:After Burner was followed by After Burner II, which was released in the same year. Some consider this game to be more of a revision of its predecessor, rather than an entirely new game, a practice later repeated by Sega for and Galaxy Force II.Although the After Burner brand was long dormant, Sega created a number of aerial combat games centered on the Tomcat with many similar features, which are frequently regarded as part of the series. These include and its sequel (later rebranded in its home release). Later games associated with the series include (which retained similar gameplay and presentation to the original, but with the addition of 3D graphics) and Sega Strike Fighter (an arcade flight combat game which featured free-roaming movement, boasting similar music but with an F/A-18 Hornet as the main plane).In 2006, Sega released a new sequel on hardware, the first arcade game to bear the brand since After Burner II.After Burner Climax was later ported to. It was followed by the spinoff for the in 2007. After Burner Climax was de-listed in December 2014, leaving the game no longer available for purchase.

In March 2019, After Burner Climax was brought back to digital platforms for free, with ads, under the brand.In other games An emulated version of After Burner is playable at the in-game arcade in.The plane from After Burner makes a cameo in, accessed with a cheat code.The music from After Burner appears in a remix in Chapter 8, entitled 'Route 666', of (2009, developed by and published by Sega). This remix is reused in and on the Bayonetta stage, Umbra Clock Tower.In other media The arcade game appears in the 1990 film; in the flight ready room of the B-52 bomber pilots, the lead character can be seen playing the game (his Tomcat is crashing).The arcade version appears in the 1991 movie, starring (as Shep Ramsey), who plays the game in an arcade scene; however, he and a child who were playing it, acted as if it was a space shooter game instead.The deluxe cabinet appears in, being played by John Connor as the T-1000 searches for him at the Galleria.Notes. Retrieved 2009-04-23. ^. Archived from on 30 December 2019.

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In the US version, hold B + Left on controller 1 and A on controller 2 at the same time while starting the game (before the title screen appears).There is no proper initialization for initial values for the menu, so on some emulators you just get the black screen. On controller 1 press Down a couple of times then press Left to start displaying something. If displayed correctly, use the D-Pad buttons on controller 1 to select backgrounds, CHR data for it and proper palette. There is no data what patterns and palettes belongs to the particular background. Press and hold Select to temporarily hide the menu. To do:There's a lot more, this is just a head start.Note: The exact date of the USA version is unknown but it was most likely made before the JP version.USAJapan.

Font was changed. Background was changed from blue to black. An exclamation point was added to 'PUSH START BUTTON'. Logo was changed to look more like the arcade logo. The II was added. TENGEN was changed to SUNSOFT.

'(C)1989' and '(C)1987 SEGA' are now blue. The Intro is different. In the USA version, the logo just drops from the top and bottom to the center. The JP version is more accurate to the arcade version; the logo appears backwards, then the balls form a II and the logo changes to normal while the II rotates.USAJapan. The number 65 was changed to 3.17.

TENGEN ENTERPRISE was changed to SUN ENTERPRISEGraphicsThe graphics were almost completely changed, looking more polished.AudioThe music was completely changed and not only that, but music that was missing in the USA version is in the JP version.The seriesArcade.NESFM Towns.GenesisSega CD32X.