One of the action-packed classics from the "Super Scaler" era of Sega arcade games! While the home conversions may have been played by more gamers, this review takes a look at the arcade cabinet original.
Reviewing RPGs is a bit of a hassle, and takes far longer than a week to prepare for and review. So they're few and far between. But I'll keep that one in mind, as it's one of the best of its genre that I've come across. And yeah, I wouldn't mind doing another video with ADG whenever he comes back from his hiatus. We shall see!
Afterburner is one of the few arcade game I've managed to play through. And even then it was in an amusement park, where arcade games were free to play.
first time i ever saw this in an arcade was mind blowing, it was the one you sat in and rolled about, outrun and space harrier also bring back fond memories :)
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I love these old Arcade reviews, I dunno why but when people do these and show off the original cabinet it's just really neat to see the experience you used to get with arcades, it's a shame that even with how mobile society is now, that arcades are dying in the US.
This is the earliest can remember playing as a kid. My dad had it on his Sega Master System and I used to jump on it the second he got done playing Master of Darkness. Such good memories!!
Oh my god, i played this so much at the arcade around here as a kid! I havent thought about this game in years now, thanks so much for reminding me of this awesome thing!
The arcade at Smiley's Flea Market in North Carolina. Not sure if it's still there or not, this was filmed about a year ago. There is a video on my channel showing it, titled "25 Cent Flea Market Arcade"
its also a nice little detail they colored the jet exhäust of enemies on later stages to greenish, giving you the sense that it's an advanced and tough enemy fighter.
I remember the first time I played this even though I too only got to play on the upright cabinet, I freaked out when the bloody joystick shook! I didn't want to play it again after that, I was only about 7 or 8 at the time so that was new to me, now it's just something I take for granted.
It must have.been amazing to have that 3D sense of speed and excellent digital instrumentsamples and sfx back in the days of Topgun. The second bgm is my favourite, gives me goosebumps. That 360 roll and forcefeedback stick is amazing. As a child I had alot of fun shooting missiles with so much trailing smoke.
I'm glad you wasn't too hard on this, from your tweets I went in fearing the worst :) As a kid I spent way more time watching the arcade demo wishing I had some coins instead of playing it, but it was still awesome to watch haha. Only really played it at length when the Mega Drive one came around, which I think was a lot easier.
This is the first I've heard of it, so no, I didn't have any plans on getting it when you posted this comment. However, now that I know of it I'll check it out. Though I have the original Space Colony boxed still, which I planned on reviewing a while back but never got around to it.
Afterburner 2 is definitely my all time favorite game with the full size. also galaxy force full size is great. Did anyone else here ever get a chance with the r360? I think it was five bucks to play back in 1993 at Grand prix raceorama in dania beach.
I remember playing this once on a sitdown cabinet at an arcade in BC. I was quite impressed with how immersive it was, especially considering how old the machine was. :D I also used to play it all the time on MAME, and while it was fun, it just wasn't the same as playing the arcade cabinet.
Wow, never thought you would do a review on an arcade game Clint. I know it's not really your stick, but you should really do more reviews on them. This one in particular was short and sweet.
They've released this on 3DS in Japan and hopefully will be releasing it worldwide soon. While I'm sure it'd be awesome to behold in stereoscopic 3D like the other Super Scaler games released so far are, the only words that come to mind to me are motion sickness. 3D OutRun is gonna be sweet, though.
I remember playing After Burner 3D on a demo-disk a number of years back, and it was in english :/ Also, I'm sorry but this game in Stereoscopics would suck. Instead of dying because of cheap deaths, you'd be dying because you can't tell WTF is going on!
Okay okay slow down there man. What 3D Afterburner/demo disc are you referring to? Because I'm referring to SEGA and M2's 3D Classics range on the 3DS eShop. I have 3D Galaxy Force II already and that's pretty great. Looks absolutely stunning and plays pretty well. And 3D Afterburner II came out in Japan not too long ago, with a worldwide release hopefully not too far off. Also read my original comment very carefully because I do in fact share your opinion. Afterburner II would look cool in 3D, but you'd have to put the 3D slider on a low setting so you don't get eyestrain. I'm sure it'll be fine, but it's definitely a justified concern and it's nice to know I'm not alone there. I'd certainly like to try it out though.
oh man i haven't seen this game since i was a kid. i use to love playing it in the sit down cabinet even though i don't think i ever got passed the 1st mission.
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It took me forever to learn to master the game was not to attack but to dodge the missiles. Also the scoring was changed in AB1 to AB2. AB1 took points straight from killing enemies where AB2 took the same method as outrun, space harrier and thunderblade in adding the time.
I bloody loved that original sit-down cabinet, it was easily the most exciting experience available in an arcade at the time and well worth the 50p(!) price of admission, even if I invariably died in under a minute!
I have the 3ds version. it is the best one. arcade perfect, fun and they even replicate the button click noises of the arcade. I love it. M2 did an amazing job porting it to the 3ds
I played an after burner cabinet once, though it didn't move. when i tried playing it i believe i lasted all of 20 seconds before dying because i had no idea what i was doing. i remember thinking the game was ridiculously fast paced and i couldn't keep up.
Ahhh, back when SEGA kicked ass! That moving "rolling" cabinet was so much fun! It was like a ride, and when you crashed, the whole cabinet shaked! It was like a rumble feature before rumblepads! For years, we all thought these cabinets used hydraulics, but then a while back, I found out they actually use electric motors and wheels to tilt the cabinet! Pretty clever, actually. Space Harrier worked in a similar way.
Awesome review! That simulator was my favorite in the arcades when I was just a little boy :-) Man, did I spent much of my parents guilders in that thing.
My favourite arcade game ever. We had a deluxe sit-down cabinet at our arcade until a few years ago.. Wonder what happened to it. Would have loved to get my hands on it.
:D - great classic game and review. The best things about this era were the cabinets, gave the game so much more than just playing a game. Space Harrier and Out Run always amazed and while After Burner was good also it was over too quickly due to the ratio of dying so quickly - as opposed to winning at it. But, it was still a great playable game all the same. I was mostly a watcher of arcade games then, I did play too (but not very well), but enjoyed spending a lot of time in the arcades.
I played a sit-down cab as late as around about 1998/9, in some campsite I was staying at. I'd never seen one before, and I've never seen once since, but needless to say it made me feel sick as all Hell. I just spent the rest of the weeks 'arcade budget' on House of the Dead after that.
It really does, doesn't it? Especially when comparing to just a handful of years later, with early textured polygonal graphics. Those look like crap, if you ask me, whereas these still look awesome. Same goes for flat shaded polygonal 3D, it just looks cool.
some years ago i was close to buying one of those arcade cabs you play on in the vid from a guy who had alot of old 80´s cabs, but we couldnt agree on the bidding so it all ran out in the sand.
We had one of these at the local Arcade until about 4 years ago when it broke and they got rid of it, but I heard the owner wants to try and get a Sega R-360 Wing War the full motion cabinet not the sit down.
Everything about the game is amazing apart from the game itself. I'm sure there are experts who can play it, but I never once felt like I had the slightest bit of control over what was happening, who I was targetting or being able to avoid stuff. It's just a random onslaught of stuff, or at least feels like it. It's barely a game as far as I'm concerned, not like OutRun or Space Harrier.
I freakin love this game... the first time i feel the excitment as an eleven year old inserting a coin and feel the jet thrust into the sky firing trailing missiles and doing 360... all with forcefeedback flightstick. Had to waist 2 coins to know how to dodge missiles. I never get to stage 2, but the music is way up the top of coolness!
It amazes me how much these cabinets must have cost to build. Sure, they were pumped full of quarters and someone presumably did some accounting but they must be a few grand each and that needs to be recouped and more so with mere coins.
Great review. I remember this frustration generator from way back when. I opted for Space Harrier personally - not that that game eased up on the cheap deaths. Do you think you could hunt up Thayer's Quest and do a quick talk about that? I normally don't pitch requests - but I saw this game once, and once only and would love to see your take on it. Besides, it's an arcade game with a freakin keyboard. How could you not wanna talk about that?
The sitdown hydraulic unit in my local arcade back in the day never really impressed me, the back-forward hydraulic motion was good, but the left-right movement of the seat always felt a bit `juddery` and mechanical, not smooth at all. also the screen size wasnt that great either. Space harrier had the best moving chair system i tried. The r360 with g-loc looked amazing though, pitty there was only a few units in my country and they were 100`s of miles away form my house lol
Hey Clint this is off-topic but I'm wondering why do you have two separate channels? (LGR and LazyGameReviews) The LGR one seems kind of redundant as it doesn't have all of your content in the "Browse Videos" page (the LGR Plays, Oddware, Random Building Exploration).
Hello, back in the day there was a rumor around kids that they use these arcade cpu boards on real fighter jets or missile systems i don't recall... Sounds funny now but is there a chance it might be true? (It was early 90's in Turkey)
