After Burner - Videogame by Sega

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After Burner

Name: After Burner
Developer: Sega

Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Simulator
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Sega After Burner

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Throttle Lever
Joystick: Analog with trigger and thumb button [Gun|Missile]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard
Deluxe/Themed (motion)

Photo contributed by: Johan Schurer

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After Burner Description

After Burner was produced by Sega in 1987.

Sega released 590 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period After Burner was produced include Center Court, Chrono Soldier, DakkoChan Jansoh, Fantasy Zone II, After Burner II, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Dump Matsumoto, and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.

A flight simulator where a group of planes fly at you in each level. Players must destroy the oncoming planes to advance.

After Burner - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.66 (8 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.58

     Overall 'Like': 3.50
     Fun (Social): 2.63
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 4.14

Technical Impressions Score: 3.71

     Gameplay: 3.71
     Graphics: 4.13
     Originality: 3.38
     Sound/Music: 3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

Two cabinet types were created for this game: upright and a closed horizontally and vertically rotating cockpit. On the cockpit, only the seat rotated horizontally while the whole cockpit rotated vertically. Both cabinets contain a grey monitor frame with flashing lights at the top that indicate an enemy's "lock" on your craft. The two speakers inside the cockpit at head-level produce excellent stereo sound which really adds to the gameplay.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Deluxe/Themed (motion)

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

The game will play itself if it has the credits to continue.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op After Burner Census

There are 12,254 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,612 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,093 machines (6,737 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 147 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 58 of these machines are owned by our active After Burner collectors. And of these, 49 are original dedicated machines, and 9 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with After Burner machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra After Burner circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for After Burner.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 34 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Fixes

A common problem with this game seems to result in the "danger" or "lock on" lamps remaining lit all the time. For more info and a possible fix, see http://dweeb.net/afterburner/ssrfix

Legacy

After Burner (1987)
After Burner II (1987)

Manuals

Upright Owners Manual alternative 34 Pages, 4.5 MB File.
Deluxe Type Owners Manual 68 Pages, 11.5 MB File.
Owner's Manual 39 Pages, 3.8 MB File.

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): After Burner Flyer #2344
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): After Burner Flyer #3812
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): After Burner Flyer #5176

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