After Burner
After Burner is a fast-paced rail shooter developed and published by Sega for the Master System in 1987. Players pilot an F-14 Tomcat jet fighter through intense aerial combat missions with cinematic visuals and realistic flight mechanics.
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About This Game
The arcade-to-console conversion brought Sega's signature hydraulic arcade cabinet experience to home systems with scaling sprite technology.
Notable for its 360-degree barrel rolls and missile-dodging maneuvers that defined aerial combat games in the late 1980s.
Featured 18 challenging stages with increasing difficulty, culminating in dramatic boss encounters against advanced enemy aircraft.
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