After Burner Series - Review - Game Sack

[@tanner5928]

seriously, did an afterburner cabinet murder Dave's family or what

[@jknifgijdfui]

Youre telling me that you dont know about the fact that an afterburner machine killed over 200 people

[@Gamesackfan-bn6eg]

It was Kung Fury that finally stopped it.

[@FallicIdol]

The 80s were a time of excess. People wasted Mega Power like it grew on trees.

[@BygoneUser1]

I think it was all the cocaine. People just went crazy with Mega Power without thinking about the consequences.

[@somesketchydragon5189]

I remember playing After Burner Climax in an arcade, it even had the moving cabinet and everything, it was amazing!

[@Blueflag04]

too bad i didnt see it anymore in my arcade

[@conn4832]

+Airod The Dragon Same here buddy. Played it only one time and I'm already in love with it. Just as good as the original After Burner in my opinion

[@kamengamer5372]

Same it was amazing

[@lunarquickstrike9016]

it's like you just imagined yourself in top gun

[@GameSack]

@QuickSciFi 59.94.

[@EdgeSEGA]

Game Sack please make a Space Harrier episode!!

[@Blueflag04]

my life in gaming did an episode on that featuring game sack

[@Gamesackfan-bn6eg]

Joe stole a game from them. It was funny.

[@Skybolter]

I Love the F-14 Tomcat.

[@williamrodriguez2009]

TOP GUN BABY!!!!!

[@GameSack]

Yeah we showed it in this episode. :)

[@NeloDiavolo]

Just learned about After Burner Climax after watching this video. Sadly it looks like PS3 and 360 ports were removed just last month. Damn, well at least the 3DS After Burner II will keep me entertained. I put After Burner on the back burner over 20 years and coming back to the 3DS version is a good way to come back to the series.

[@Luke29121999]

What nooo and i wanted to buy the ps3 version

[@igotyou62darthvat]

you can buy it on android as well. its the full after burner climax i think and its pretty cool

[@Blueflag04]

+igotyou62 and its removed too

[@btr3k]

I just recently got a PS3 to round out my collection and I'm in the same boat. I also can't get the EA version of Tetris, darn it! I still put them on my wishlist on the PS Store, just so I can stare at their game pages every few weeks. I can only assume the aircraft licensing expired. From what I gather (okay, just from reading Wikipedia), the game has three different planes from three manufacturers - Boeing, Grumman, and McDonnell Douglas.

[@tetrisdave]

@segagenesis1989 Happy New Year!

[@KNGINetwork]

After Burner has one of the most legendary soundtracks of all time, much like most of SEGA's earlier arcade games. I suck at it, but I absolutely love After Burner.

[@GameSack]

@crapperstick Definitely a fan of Phantasy Star but that's one of those games (series, actually) that would take a long time to play through to grab footage..

[@Ryuujin1078]

After Burner II got ported to the 3DS!!

[@AlexKiddGaming]

I have the game in the 2DS and it's awesome!

[@MVC2fan1]

I have that game on the 3DS XL. Did you know that you can unlocked Special Mode by beating the game?

[@Geojoe677]

It’s arcade perfect

[@McCoy-00]

I have it and am thinking about buying thunder blade

[@caligoclarus]

After Burner on SMS was definitely 4 "megabit", if you dump the ROM from the cartridge it's 512k. Really not that much space of course, but if it seemed lacking, perhaps there was dummy data in there.

[@StandingUpForBetter]

After Burner on the SMS also had the FM sountrack that you can finally unlock on your Sega Genesis via the Power Base Mini FM. Highly recommend. I bet some of the memory went to that plus the spirts don't have that blocky border seen in the sprites on Space Harrrier SMS.

[@GameplayandTalk]

@tetrisdave I meant that jokingly, of course, haha! Admittedly though, you did sound pretty bitter during this episode! It must have been tough for you to do. :)

[@יעקבמארלי]

If Dave was going to be this negative he should have sat this one out. It's a little annoying and kind of ruins the video. O.K. he doesn't care for it too much. Does he have to keep repeating that. I usually find Dave funny but not in this review. Dave we get it you don't like this game. Heck I don't even particularly like Afterburner either. But it's annoying to hear someone be so negative repeatedly.

[@Blueflag04]

dont forget he is a nintendo fan perhaps its for comedic effect

[@Gambit771]

The joke wore thin quicker than his enjoyment of After Burner. He does play the stereotypical whiny Nintendo fanboy perfectly.

[@GameSack]

@ethinethin Well, everyone can't like After Burner.

[@thunderchild1083]

After Burner on master system was one of the first games I ever bought my self, Bought it second hand from a place called matchems market. It cost me £5

[@gamesdonovan7666]

Hey Joe, can you beat After Burner on the Sega Master System? 'Cause really, I dunno, I can't.

[@GameSack]

Drames Thonovan I don't know if I've ever finished that version. I may have. But yeah it's crazy tough in the upper levels.

[@jimmychongo3149]

+Victoria vigeick I guess Galaxy force is pretty similar, but the console ports are all pretty terrible.

[@Ahmadu100]

The Sega Saturn is pretty close but pixel for pixel the Playstation 2 version is king.

[@gamesdonovan7666]

That's cool, but my concern is how beatable the game is. The SMS version allows you to continue only 3 times, and you can get a lot done in 3 continues, but the arcade allows you to continue as long as you have quarters. I had no idea there was a PS2 version i gotta check that out, how many times can you continue?

[@Ahmadu100]

I'm not sure how many continues are in the Playstation 2 version I played it at a friend's house and never owned it myself,the Sega Genesis version however can make you invincible to breeze through the game if you have the Game Genie.

[@JoeyJ0J0]

I have the 3ds version and it is my favorite. Arcade perfect down to the fucking button click noise and new stuff

[@mintydog06]

Climaxing looks like fun.

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

One of my favourite episodes of Game Sack.

[@randomidkwhattoputinthis859]

hey does Dave still hate after burner? also big fan of u guys =)

[@Blueflag04]

he just joking

[@VectorOmega]

Would you like to see an Ace Combat meets After Burner game?

[@Blueflag04]

you mean assault horizon???

[@GameSack]

Glad you enjoy. And we're glad to have a subscriber who actually notices and corrects their typos. :)

[@GameSack]

We can't post links in the comments section, but if you look at the description, go to the link that says "Game Sack Episode Guide" and then you'll see a small graphics at the top of that page linking you directly to the store.

[@GameSack]

@Aku540 Shadow Dancer is awesome. Anyway, you can try Craigslist, eBay or people on forums like sega-16.com for many of your Genesis needs.

[@wboeren1]

Seeing this, i really don't know why i liked it those days. Maybe i was blind. The arcade was a cool machine though.

[@agent5tm902]

The only one of the After Burner series that interest me is After Burner Climax ✈️⚠️

[@Redrally]

I had never even heard of After Burner until a version of the theme tune appeared in Bayonetta :D

[@aliencatcrew3336]

I'm happy I dont ever have to see that game again. It's like your eye balls are being thrown down stairs in a bucket A JET FIGHTER DOESNT MOVE LIKE THAT WHAT THE HELL

[@dunamis1382]

KZbin brought back sorting videos by oldest. And I always like to see these videos. Amazing back then and today! Love this channel so much

[@MiguelVergaraK]

After Burner is a good arcade classic, but IDK why anyone would wanna play it on a console :p

[@tetrisdave]

@Heroelime Happy New Year! Thanks for watching!!!

[@mickael486]

How to play After Burner on the SMS: Get a rubber band or something that will hold the control pad either left or right. make a sandwich. eat the sandwich. I believe it was Stage 12 that you had to actually start playing but you only had to press up and/or down to finish the game.

[@retrogamingguitarist5961]

Yeah that trick of flying at an angle stops working at stage 12.

[@mickael486]

Retro Gameing Guitarist yup. and here we are almost 30 years later and people bitch and complain about DLC on disc and 1080p vs 900p.

[@retrogamingguitarist5961]

Mickael Joseph Yup.

[@TheYzeman]

yeah I remember something like that. It doesn't work against bosses though if I remember correctly. Been years since I played it on the SMS.

[@HitmonleeDeluxe]

I hear that 20th anniversary Super Hang On arranged track playing, incredibly good taste. :)

[@salozmen29]

The Sega CD has some of the best music out there...Terminator, Sol Feace, Lunar etc...

[@oscarzxn4067]

I bought After Burner 2 on the 3DS and I liked, though it's a little bit to repetitive.

[@badbirdkc]

Wow. That TG16 port looks great. I loved After Burner on 32X.

[@farhan_jiwani]

I bought Climax when it came out on XBLA but never got around to playing it. I think I'll give it a go this weekend! Thanks guys.

[@GiordanDiodato]

Farhan Jiwani sadly it's been taken off XBLA

[@farhan_jiwani]

I might have it on my hdd still. Giordan Diodato​

[@farhan_jiwani]

Giordan Diodato I checked last night and it's there :) I just have to be connected to XBL to play :(

[@GiordanDiodato]

Farhan Jiwani ouch

[@anarchyandempires5452]

Giordan Diodato son of a bitch and here I was looking for thinking. How the hell have I not bought this game ..........now I can't ever buy it ........Well never until I get my laptop back from the fixer next week sand buy it on steam.

[@TheEpicMineMan]

The Sega rally machine moves when you turn

[@Trialwolf]

Just found a Genesis copy of After Burner 2 a few weeks ago. Guy was selling it cart only for $15 so I passed on it, good thing I did as just 4 days ago it turned up again at my favourite local game shop complete for only $10. It was okay but I prefer the PC-Engine version more.

[@Evaldas256]

Great job! :3

[@japanretro4026]

Love Dave in this one - da club reference & female flight suit

[@TurningJappanesse]

I love Afterburner especially the spiritual successor Sky Target on Sega Saturn.

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

After watching almost 95% of all the Game Sack episodes (as you can see from the date this is posted) I'm not going in order, but I can say with certainty that the huge letters whener MEGA POWER pops up, never gets old. It's just too rad.

[@AlyxxTheRat]

There was also a version of Afterburner on Commodore 64 by US Gold. The music was done by Jeroen Tel, a Dutch chiptune legend who did a pretty good job making 8bit versions of the tunes. He even included the lead melodies.

[@gunma747j]

Also,Sega must port after burner climax to switch

[@TheAtariSan]

Please make a review of the android version of Aftetr Burner. XD

[@napplesnapple3747]

The face at 10:38 is stupid and hilarious and I love it.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Does Joe really dislike After Burner that much?

[@lostsoul59]

i always lol at the sound of the sack hitting the ground when it starts.

[@videogameobsession]

It might have been said already, but the SMS port does in fact have the voice sample "GET READY!" When you start. Perhaps they were using an emulator which didn't support the PCM channel. I've seen this a lot with TG16 emulation on KZbin missing many voices, such as the laugh when you lose a ball in Devil's Crush. In addition, Afterburner on the SMS also supports systems with synth sound chips, such as the Sega Mark III with add-on Yamaha board, or a homemade mod for the SMS. Good stuff!

[@CanadaCajanek21]

I laughed so hard at the Game Chasers spoof at the end where it said "stolen" for the price paid

[@KNGINetwork]

Wait... Joe Redifer? From OverClocked ReMix? I was wondering what happened to that guy!

[@thatguyineverycommentssection]

Easily the most underrated game at Time Out

[@GameSack]

Indeed. And that little red-headed kid from Diff'rent Strokes made him stop playing.

[@Ponimaju]

oh my god, that face when joe is playing with the joystick, lol

[@GameSack]

That would be awesome. I loved the original After Burner sit-down cab. The Climax I saw in the arcade was a simple stand-up unit for $5 a game. It was in some mall in Phoenix. I think it was called the Mills or something,

[@segagenesis1989]

This was very well researched and informative! Thanks boyos! Happy New Year!

[@AcroxShadow]

Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed Music: Carrier Zone - After Burner Remix

[@ShindlerReal]

Did they play this game in Terminator 2?

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

after burner 3 is literally just g-loc but before it zooms into the cockpit view....

[@GameSack]

The memory size of the particular game. 4 mega power = 4 megabits of memory or 512k. Amazing!

[@FallicIdol]

Tengen made some really horrible NES games.

[@Blueflag04]

pac man tengen version is good tho

[@SinceSpacies]

Dave's Nintendo fanboy persona here gets a little stale. Given that this video is now 5 years old I'm pretty sure he's heard that enough by now! SEE-GGAAHH!!!!

[@musicvideoenhancer]

I never really get into after burner games. I hate how you want to aim at something and you need to do it turning the airplane sideways, and how the screen turns along, it's annoyingly chaotic, and this made to dodge enemies and fire at them in the same time impossible.

[@TheHabitman]

+protossevolution FIRE!

[@bnmcmhn]

+protossevolution Yeah, I can't think of any other arcade games with less pleasant movement. I really doesn't convey any sense of inertia or flight, looks like a lcd game with nice sprites

[@afs1898]

Are the arcade versions in this video emulated?

[@northsouthy74]

I had fun as a kid with the Amiga version, which was close to arcade version if I remember rightly?

[@emuunlim]

I'm starting to really enjoy these videos!

[@joshuaworman4022]

did youtube not used to show 60 fps? crazy

[@GameSack]

Yeah back then it was 30fps max.

[@GameSack]

Thanks. I'll correct it. Not sure how I missed that. :)

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

I must be the only sad act that quite likes the polygon versions, although I would not want these unless I had the originals.

[@googleboughtmee]

Impossible to buy After Burner Climax now :( Btw a lot of other systems got the original game that aren't in this vid

[@caligoclarus]

+googleboughtmee Seriously. After this vid, I wanted to try playing it too. The only options left that I could find were to pirate it for Android. Thanks Sega...

[@Blueflag04]

get ps3 emulator for pc to run the game

[@GameSack]

@KyleJCrb I've been ratted out! :)

[@TheYzeman]

In the 80's all I had to do was watch Top Gun or an Iron Eagle movie and I was all pumped up to go over to the arcade to play After Burner. So much fun but it ate quarters and I never had enough money to finish the damn game. In recent years I went back to try the arcade version again and to be honest it hasn't aged well. You get bored pretty quick with it. I used to own the SMS version and the one on Genesis. Those both are really boring when I play them now.

[@letsgonow5641]

I just played this last week. I told my nephew these games were big back in my day. I have to agree with you to a certain extent. They havent aged too well and even the nostalgic factor doesnt help much with this one. This is coming from a Super Sega Fan Boy.

[@marklinstom5145]

I begged my parents to buy me a Master System for Christmas, just to play After Burner. I never even knew about After Burner Climax, but damn, five dollars to play a game. For 5 dollars, you can buy a 20 piece Chicken McNugget at McDonalds with barbecue dipping sauce. You could also donate it to charity, but I'd rather have the 20 piece Chicken McNugget with barbecue dipping sauce..

[@adamfrazer5150]

My first video game soundtrack was Afterburner II (😳) it was a cassette 'cover tape' that UK mags sold with (and inexplicably brought with me to 🇨🇦😬). After that, I've always paid attention to what and how the music is used. I've included some game OST's amongst my favourite albums 👌

[@animatedplastic]

I enjoy your content and have been going back to the beginning when you started to see how your channel has evolved into what it is today. You probably won't respond or see this comment, but it is worth a try. I have a suggestion for your videos in the future. When you are talking about a game and you know it's a digital ONLY game, can you put something on the video that lets us know when you show the title? I'm still old school thinking that every game has a physical copy. Been out of gaming for a while, so I spent a good 1/2 looking for After Burner Climax for the PS3 and finally realized it was a digital download only game. Just a suggestion and maybe you are doing that now and this comment will be totally worthless...lol.

[@mechredd]

I loved playing ABII in the arcade. When I saw Climax on XBLA I bought it and wasn't disappointed. I've hoped that After Burner would turn into a fast paced Star Fox clone but it will never happen. Sega views it as an arcade quarter eater and will never invest into a thought out story with real characters and more diverse game play.

[@Blueflag04]

arcade game is better than story based game

[@GameSack]

That face was intended to cause LOLs. :)

[@JonathanDeane]

Back when After Burner II was new in the arcades I played the hell out of it, I got to where I could beat the entire game on one credit (Used to get a crowed around watching me... Felt kinda creepy lol) The music got me pumping! Hated every home version because they just didn't come close. I never owned a Saturn so I missed out on that one. Would be a buy for sure. Still I did enjoy my N64 and PS1 :P lol

[@MrUNIVAC1220]

The 3DS port by M2 is my favorite. It’s arcade-perfect, the 3D effect is pretty sweet, and they actually recorded sounds from the deluxe cabinet, including everything from the fan noise, the servos that move it around, right down to the sounds of the sticks when they hit the wood. You can also set the screen to tilt when you move. It’s the closest thing to playing the actual cabinet without hunting one down that still works.

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

After Burner was possibly the most badass arcade cabinet EVER! You could sit in the "cockpit" which shifted up and down and left and right, had a realistic, to a 10 year old, control stick and throttle control. I wasted a LOT of money on it... Sue me I loved Top Gun at the time... Great arcade game, but the ports on 8 and 16 bit were blah... The cabinet was everything for me.

[@teddym2808]

I gotta say I am very surprised about your take on Black falcon.. Whilst Sega did ruin the great Afterburner music, the gameplay itself is the best of any Afterburner game I have ever played.. It actually feels a lot less random hit or miss than the arcade games. For a perfect port of the arcade which was not out at the time of this video, and a cool 3d effect, the 3D afterburner on 3DS is awesome. Graphically of course, the PS3 afterburner climax is the best home afterburner game. Still, Black flacon is the one to PLAY as far as I am concerned.

[@ralfvanbogaert3451]

Technically speaking After Burner III on the Mega CD was a port of Strike Fighter, a reworked G-Loc with traditional After Burner-style stage progression.

[@null1023]

Most of me wants to say that Dave was 100% wrong the entire episode (and really, I probably will say that, he kept going on and on and on lol). ...but he's right in that After Burner is a mess. It's gorgeous, at least. But really, if I want to go around blowing up everything, Space Harrier is just a better game.

[@MasterLinkuei]

After Burner Complete for the 32x is still mind blow Arcade in home experience!

[@JinteiModding]

On the Sega Master System? Ok It works great, and plays that way due to technical limitations But on the PSP? Why? Ace Combat did it Better as a arcade flighting game by giving you FULL control of the aircraft

[@zclary923]

After Burner is awesome, especially the Tengen NES version that was a big fuck you to Nintendo. I found it engaging, it's a fast paced blast and had awesome music. Dude is a serious hater. Like SEGA killed his cat or something.

[@Sinn0100]

Wait... Sega released both Afterburner arcade games in the same year?! Why would they do such a thing? Wouldn't that cause the games to eat each other's sales potential?

[@GTB-yu2be]

I sat through a whole episode about After Burner! I think I did 3 times now

[@johneysupergd7796]

After burner on the 32x, saturn and dreacast are just obsolete waste of ports, those ports just don't have to do anything with the hardware capabilities of those consoles, am mean, why would sega had ever think that their old classic game would sell more consoles?,like if you own the 32x version then you don't need the saturn version etc,,,,haha.

[@mistamontiel00]

pffft .. they sooo should have competed against Star Fox !!! Except bein the usual arcade-only full experience

[@holamoco]

mistamontiel00 They competed against Top Gun

[@ezequielgomez7083]

My favorite Afterburner port was Saturn, 32X, Genesis, PS2, Master System and PC Engine also great Afterburner Climax

[@tetrisdave]

@austinmackert :( Why can't I have an opinion? It's alright for people not to like a series of games. It happens all the time and everybody who plays games has a series or game they don't like. After Burner, for me, is one I just can't get into. I've tried it but it's not for me.

[@Norrbottning]

I think it's admirable that you put this much effort into your videos for free. Not to mention the lenghts of most of them. Just makes me not regret that I subbed.

[@FinnMcCoolOfficial]

you forgot about Sky Target on the saturn

[@orinanime]

Growing up on Top Gun and Iron Eagle, and hating the Top Gun NES game, I always enjoyed many of the After Burner games

[@justindensebuds7279]

I hear ya Dave W. Joe likes pretty much anything out there. Suprised Joe doesn't get excited about Uni Racer!!!!

[@mickael486]

Best After Burner ever was the one Sega made in 2010. It let you choose the original arcade versions music. and it's awesome.

[@quas392]

Game sack may I ask a question? I'm hunting for the credits song to your video. Can you tell me it please. Thanks great video.