#after burner

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'After Burner' was released on the SEGA X Board 37 years ago today in Japan. Support us on Patreon

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Sega After Burner 😍

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1990

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:)))

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November 2024 Vocaloid Song Tournament

Round 1, Set 4, Match 8: Yomi Zakura by hinayukki@shigotoshite-P vs. AFTER BURNER by Hal

Please listen to both songs before casting your vote! And please reblog for a bigger sample size!

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song logo transparents (ripped from mm+)

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Sega Master System - After Burner

Title: After Burner / アフターバーナー

Developer/Publisher: Sega

Release date: 12 December 1987

Catalogue No.: G-1340

Genre: Shooting Action

FM Sound: Yes

The Master System version of After Burner is in fact based upon the original game and not After Burner II like so many other conversions. To be honest, though I’ve never actually seen the original After Burner so I can’t really say if this Master System version follows it well or is just a lazy port.

One of the first things you’ll notice about After Burner on the Master System is that there’s no throttle control. This could be mainly because the Master System only has two trigger buttons which are used for your gun and missiles. Another thing I noticed is that you don’t seem to be limited in the number of missiles that you can fire, yet you still have the missile reloading sections. Talking of which, in every other version of After Burner I’ve ever played the missile reloading section is automatic however in this Master System game, you have to fly your F-14 to the reloading hose. Miss, and forget about a reload (not that it seems to matter).

As far as looks go all is well for a Master System. Decent sense of movement coupled with some nicely sized sprites. The audio on the other hand is slightly disappointing. Even though this game uses the FM sound chip the audio is still pretty weak. No speech, no samples, no real sound effects at all. To top it off there only seems to be one music track. God only knows why this is a 4MB cartridge.

So, the game looks ok and sounds ok however it could have been a lot better, but how does it play? Hmm, not too bad to be honest. Collision detection seems to be well in place and even with the lack of the throttle you still manage to get by without too much trouble. There is one massive problem though. It’s possible to go throughout almost the entire game without being shot down at all by keeping your F-14 in the top right-hand corner of the screen! So, as you can guess, this is not going to last you very long if you cheat. Apart from that After Burner on the Master System isn’t all that bad. Far better than the versions available on the Famicom/NES by Sunsoft (Japan) and Tengen (America) that’s for sure.

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Sega Genesis - After Burner II [cartridge)

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Worst Video Game Song Tournament - Round 1 Match 64

Maximum Power - After Burner (Amiga)

VERSUS

Imp's Song - DOOM

FIGHT!

I would recommend listening to as much as you can of each song before voting, but how you choose is up to you! Remember to be civil in the tags and replies!

Propaganda under cut:

Maximum Power:

"this one is a popular choice for trolling each other in the RadioSEGA requests. I've heard something about the track being corrupted somehow in the port to Amiga? well, whether it was on purpose or not, this is how it sounds in the shipped game. unfortunately it has started to grow on me since I like weird experimental music"

Imp's Song:

"'This sounds like a smoke detector going off while a car sits outside with its bass turned up too high.' - Dan Ryckert, Game Informer. Listen from 1:12 for the jackhammer starting."

Feel free to add more propaganda in the tags and replies, or send it to me in the ask box and I'll try to share it as soon as I can!

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The Japanese commercial for 'After Burner' on the SEGA Master System. Support us on Patreon

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USA 1990

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Back in June 2017, SEGA announced its SEGA Forever initiative to bring its classic games to iOS and Android as free to start games with a no ads IAP. Each game was to be adapted for mobile while remaining faithful to the originals. We saw the service launch with five games with more coming every few weeks. As recently as this week, select SEGA Forever games have been delisted on iOS and Android. Shaun has most of them installed and spotted some of them getting updates recently with new notifications in-game alerting users that the support for the specific game has ended, with a link to find more info on other platforms to play it on. Currently, that link opens SEGA’s home page. Check out the warning screenshot from Shaun below:

SEGA Forever games launched with cloud saves, controller support, and more. Shaun’s covered many of them over the years, but it seems like the program is currently on hold or over. SEGA is yet to announce anything, but if we do get any official news around it, we will post about it. If you missed the original launch, watch the unlisted trailer for it below:

As of now, it is unclear when many of these were delisted, but some were done as recently as this week. The delisted games are: Comix Zone, Altered Beast, Phantasy Star Classics, Revenge of Shinobi, Vectorman, Decap Attack, Eswat, Ristar, Space Harrier 2, Beyond Oasis, Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, and After Burner Climax. There are still some games available to play and buy if you didn’t own them before, but the ones above have been delisted. It is unclear if they will return. Check out the official SEGA Forever website here. Did you play any of the delisted games before and what would you like to see SEGA bring to the his program if they are continuing it?

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Orko in After Burner by HIRO and Hal. He promises he will tell you his feelings.

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Hey Doug Walker, what game series should be ported over to different consoles like the Nintendo Switch along with a sequel that is stuck on PS3/Xbox 360/Arcade/IOS/Android and another one on PSP?