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After Burner

European Commodore 64 port of After Burner II. Two versions exist for the Commodore 64, built by entirely different teams for different markets. The earlier North American version is played in full screen and…

1 November 1988

After Burner is a shooter developed by Sega, released 1 November 1988 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What After Burner is

After Burner is a shooter game developed by Sega and released in 1988. It was published by Activision. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

European Commodore 64 port of After Burner II. Two versions exist for the Commodore 64, built by entirely different teams for different markets. The earlier North American version is played in full screen and is arguably the more accurate of the two, but runs slower, has a very limited HUD and has no in-game music. The European version, by contrast, is faster and has music, but plays in a window. There are also colour clashing issues when enemy planes are drawn above the ground, and the level order is different.
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It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did After Burner come out?
After Burner was released on 1 November 1988 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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