After Burner [Upright model] (c) 1987 Sega.
Another 3-D Sega game rendered with their superb sprite-scaling technology; this time putting the player into the seat of a powerful jet fighter.
A number of colorful, fast-moving environments await the player, as he or she takes on the hordes of enemy planes intent on the player's destruction.
At the end of every 2nd stage, the player's jet fighter is re-fueled and re-armed, either by the appearance of a large support plane, or by landing on a military airstrip.
After Burner's straightforward shoot'em up game-play is unremarkable and repetitive, but fun - largely down to the game's incredible visuals.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Upright cabinet dimensions :
Inches : 24,8inch Deep x 33,9inch Wide x 72,8inch High.
Centimeters : 63cm Deep x 86cm Wide x 185cm High.
Weight : 273 lbs / 124 kg
Sega X Board hardware
Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), Sega (@ 4 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 24576
Players : 1
Control : stick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in July 1987.
The After Burner series was originally inspired by the 1986 Academy Award winning feature film 'Top Gun'.
Soundtrack album releases :
Galaxy Force -G.S.M. Sega 1- [Arrange] (D28B0002) (7/21/88) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. Sega 3- [Arrange] (PCCB-00009) (10/21/89) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
Mega Selection -G.S.M. Sega- [Arrange] (PCCB-00014) (12/15/89) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
After Burner (PCCB-00032) (6/21/90) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
S.S.T. Band Live [Arrange] (PCCB-00042) (10/31/90) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
After Burner ~Sega Game Music Vol. 3~ (28XA-109) (12/21/87) (Alfa Record)
After Burner ~Sega Game Music Vol. 3~ [Reprint] (SCDC-00056) (12/20/2000) [Scitron Disc]
Sega Taikan Game Special (28XA-198) (21/12/87) (Alfa Record)
SING! ~ Sega Game Music ~ Presented BY B.B.Queens [Arrange+Mega CD Soft] (BVRR-1) [BMG Victor]
CLUB SEGA [Arrange] (MJCA-00003) (10/17/97) (Marvelous Entertainment)
Scitron 10th Anniversary Special Sampler (10/15/98) [Pony Canyon/Scitron]
SEGACON ~The Best of Sega Game Music~ Vol. 1 (10/24/2001) (SVWC-7092~4) [Sony Music Visual Works]
BACK IN THE S.S.T.BAND ~THE VERY BEST~ [Arrange] (11/19/2003) (SCDC-00312) [Scitron Disc]
Storm! ~SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.2~ (1/7/2004) (KDSK-00023)
GAME SOUND LEGEND ARRANGE SERIES 'SPEED & WIND' [Arrange] (SCDC-00375) [Scitron Disc]
After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (29/11/2007)
Official releases :
After Burner [Upright model]
After Burner [Commander model]
After Burner [W Cradle model]

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Secret Commands : On the following stages, press the following keys to get the following effects.
During Demo - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor and stick Right to get a DUKE message.
Stage 1 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile, to get a messages.
Stage 3 - press Start and speed fast to get 100 Missiles.
Stage 5 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile, to get a message.
Stage 9 - press Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Right to get 100 Missiles.
Stage 11 - press Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Left to get 50,000,000 pts.
Stage 13 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile and stick Left to get a message.
Stage 16 - press Start and stick down to get a message.
Stage 19 - press Start to get a message.
Stage 21 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor and stick Up to get 250,000,000 pts.
Stage 23 - press Start + Vulcan Cannon + Missile + Foto sensor to get a message.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. After Burner (1987)
2. After Burner II (1987)
3. G-Loc - Air Battle (1990)
4. R360 - G-Loc Air Battle (1990)
5. Strike Fighter (1991)
6. Sky Target (1995)
7. Sega Strike Fighter (2000)
8. After Burner Climax (2006)
9. After Burner - Black Falcon (2007, Sony PSP)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Designed by : Yu Suzuki (YU.)
Music by : Hiroshi Miyauchi (HIR)
(KIM), (BIN), (SAD), (KEY), (Y.N)

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Master System (1987)
Nintendo NES (Jan.1989)
Nintendo Famicom (Mar.1989)
Sega 32X (1994)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2003, 'Sega Arcade Gallery')
Sega Mega-CD
* Computers :
FM Towns PC (1987, 'After Burner I')
Commodore C64 (1988)
Atari ST (1988)
Commodore Amiga (1988)
Amstrad CPC (1988)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
Sharp X68000 (1989)
PC [MS-DOS, 3.5'' Disks] (1989)
Commodore Amiga (1990, 'Amiga Champions')
Commodore C64 (1990, '100% Dynamite')
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990, '100% Dynamite')
* Others :
LCD handheld game (1989) by Tiger Electronics.
LCD tabletop game (1989) by Tiger Electronics : 18 different levels of play.

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.