After Burner: Difference between revisions

 

The series spans five games:

* ''After Burner II'' (Arcade, 1987) <br />More of an upgrade to the original rather than a sequel, ''After Burner II'' introduces throttle control for faster gameplay, improved weapon firing, new stages, and revamped music. First AB game to be released outside of Japan.

* ''After Burner III'' (Sega CD, 1992) <br />

* ''After Burner Climax'' (Arcade, 2006) <br />Released nearly 20 years after ''After Burner II'', ''Climax'' offers brand new graphics, a "Climax Mode" that lets you slow down time to lock on to many enemies at once, two new fighters to choose from, and special "Emergency Order" missions. Later ported in 2010 to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

 

There's also a much lesser-known spinoff called ''G-LOC: Air Battle'', in 1992. It is slower paced than ''After Burner'' and puts more emphasis on destroying enemies. Perhaps the only thing anyone remembers about it is that it had a special version designed for the R-360 cabinet, a motion cabinet capable of ''rolling upside-down.''

* [[Point Defenseless]]: Subverted with the Carrier taking out the missiles with minimal effort and taking only minimal damage to the carrier

* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: A handful of the EX Options in ''Climax'' bring up red text when selected, and their description always begins with "Caution". Among these include turning you back into a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]] and removing your missile recovery, restricting your missile spams to Climax Mode.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''Sky Target''.

* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: Stages 14 and 15 in ''Climax'', which can only be unlocked by clearing all of the Emergency Orders.