After Burner was a Japanese arcade video game created and manufactured by Sega. It is believed to be only a prototype or had very limited release in Japan. American arcade players are more likely to have played After Burner II, which was the same game with a few minor differences. The console ports were almost exclusively of After Burner II.

The differences between After Burner and After Burner II were minute:

• The waiting-for-start sequence (the screen/music after a player inserts credits but before starting the game) is different.
• After Burner II adds a throttle to the controls, allowing players to vary their speed while flying.
• After Burner has 18 stages; After Burner II has those same stages but adds three more at the end.
• After Burner II added a few minor enemy changes to introduce new speed-based challenges (missiles/aircraft behind the player aircraft) to account for the use of the new throttle control.
• Musical compositions in the game were the same across both games, though After Burner's instrumentation is different in spots.

External links

• KLOV entry on After Burner
• After Burner Station