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アフターバーナーII
©Sega 1987
Reprogram ©NEC Avenue, Ltd. 1990
Release: 1990-9-28 (¥7200)
HuCard (4 Mbits) NAPH1011
Shooter / 3D
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Afterburner 2 is based on Sega's arcade game released in 1987, sequel
of the popular and fast paced shooter .
The world is once again in danger and the evil general Zorbia
and his army have decided to take over the nation. The player pilots a fast
and super F14XX fighter, the SkyCat, and tries to stop the invasion.
The fighter is soon launched for battle from the Carrier Sega Enterprise
stationed off shores. Afterburner is a sort of military flying
simulation with a pretty important blend of action. The original arcade
game offers neat visual effects with fast sprite zooming and rotations.
The amount of detail on screen and zillion of planes, missiles and
explosions that come rushing up to the player is quite impressive. Nonetheless,
Nec Avenue did a pretty good job and this PC Engine version
keeps the intense and fast paced feeling from the original arcade game.
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Afterburner was released by Sega in the arcades in 1987. The game was
published in two versions: an upright static cabinet and another rotating one
with incredible surround sound. The game was an instant success and got converted
for many home systems: MSX, C64 (1988), Amiga (1989), Famicom (1989),
Master System (1989), After Burner Complete (32X, 1995) and
Sega Arcade Gallery (GameBoy Advance). Afterburner 2
came out in the arcades in 1987 and was only released in the
rotating cabinet version. It was later converted for the
Megadrive (1990) and the PC Engine (1990). It was also part of the
Sega Ages collection for the Saturn (1996) and Playstation 2
(2004). Afterburner 3 exists and was only released in 1992
for the Sega CD. G-Loc Air Battle was also released by Sega
in 1990 and offers a lot similarities with the Afterburner
series, it was also the first game to use the R-360 cabinet
which could do a full 360 rotation angle on both horizontal and
vertical axies. Finally, a fan-made remake of Sega's classic called
Afterburner 3D was made in 2003, designed by Brodaroda
and published by Freeware. It is considered better than Sega's
own attempt to bring Afterburner into the 3D realm. Sky Target 3D,
released in 1997, was the official modernization of the arcade classic.
As a note, this version was also available for the Saturn (1997).
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The original game had a lot to impress with its rotating
cabinet and amazing 2D and pseudo-3D effects for the time. But what about a
home version where the only way to get near the arcade experience would
be to somehow play in a hammock with the TV set sitting on your laps ?
Nonetheless Afterburner 2 for the PC Engine system is more than correct,
Nec Avenue did a pretty good job and this is probably one of the
best home conversion of the time. But the game itself gets rapidly
boring and shooting incoming waves of enemy fighters is kind of
fun at first but quickly becomes sort of dumb. However, Afterburner 2
is one of the few Sega game converted for the PC Engine system and
deserves some attention for this very reason.
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