After Burner

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After Burner<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"></td></tr>
Developer(s)	Sega <tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)</th><td>Sega</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Designer(s)</th><td>Yu Suzuki</td></tr>
Release date(s)	November, 1987
Genre(s)	Flight simulator/Shoot'em up
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, NES, 32X, Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, PC <tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Input</th><td>Joystick, trigger, missile button</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Arcade cabinet</th><td>Upright, sit-down cockpit</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Arcade system(s)</th><td>X Board</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Arcade display</th><td>Raster</td></tr>

After Burner is a 1987 Japanese arcade game by Sega. It is the first game in the After Burner series. It is believed to be only a prototype or had very limited release in Japan. It was also available on the Sega Master System console.

[edit] Trivia

In Shenmue II, the arcade version is a playable unlock.
The game makes a short cameo in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. John is playing the game when Tim comes and tells him there's a cop (T-1000) looking for him.
The game is also played by Powers Boothe in the HBO original movie By Dawn's Early Light (1990).
You could complete the first 10 or so levels without getting hit simply by holding the joypad (left or right) on the Master System version.
In the 1988 arcade game Power Drift, the fighter is a hidden vehicle which can only be accessed by placing first for all five tracks on courses B and D. It is only playable in the Extra Stage.
It is possible to beat the game by positioning the fighter in the top left corner of the screen. Enemy fighters can not hit the player's fighter in this position.