After Burner II

After Burner II
European box art
DeveloperSega AM2
PublisherSega
DesignerYu Suzuki
ProgrammerSatoshi Mifune
ComposersHiroshi Kawaguchi (Arcade)
Noriyuki Iwadare (Mega Drive/Genesis)
Naoki Kodaka (Famicom)
Platform
Release
September 1987
  • Arcade
    September 1987
    Amiga
    1989
    Atari ST
    1989
    MS-DOS
    1989
    Famicom
    March 30, 1989
    X68000
    1989
    Mega Drive/Genesis
    • JP: March 23, 1990
    • NA: March 22, 1990
    PC Engine
    • JP: September 28, 1990
    Sega Saturn
    • JP: September 27, 1996
    Nintendo 3DS
    • JP: December 18, 2013
    • WW: January 15, 2015
GenreCombat flight simulator
ModeSingle-player
Arcade systemSega X Board

After Burner II is an combat flight simulator released as an arcade video game by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series, and was released for the Sega X Board arcade system. In the game, players fly an F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. After Burner II came both a standard arcade cabinet and a servo actuated, sit-down motion simulator version which moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. It is an updated version of After Burner, with the addition of throttle controls. It was a commercial success, becoming Japan's highest-grossing arcade game of 1988.