Carefully emulated After Burner II with display options and settings. Frantic aerial action remains exhilarating. Well-designed museum interface. A must for nostalgics of the Sega arcade classic. Minimal content but the essential is there.
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Compilation1 player12+
Description
Faithful Saturn port of the After Burner II flight combat simulator. Published by Sega, released in Japan in 1996. Third-person cockpit view of an F-14, laser-guided missiles, enemies in tight formation, countermeasures, iconic electronic soundtrack and progression through chained missions. A high-quality port of the 1987 Sega AM2 arcade in the Sega Ages series.
Sega Ages - After Burner II review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The conversion preserves what made the cabinet excessive: an open sky crossed at full speed, enemy squadrons that suddenly swell into the foreground, missile trails striping the screen in constant criss-cross. Readability rests on strongly typed aircraft silhouettes and on a horizon that keeps tilting without ever losing the player.
Hiroshi Kawaguchi writes one of the most recognisable themes in Sega's arcade catalogue: synthetic guitar up front, plain-speaking drums and harmonic climbs built for takeoff. The music never chases atmosphere, only adrenaline, with short pieces that loop fast and turn every mission into a race against the clock.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Strapping into your jet and diving into an aerial ballet at supersonic speed, locking onto enemies and unleashing missiles in chains: this port revives all the fury of the arcade cabinet. The sense of speed and the deluge of action deliver an instant adrenaline rush. Snappy, spectacular and exhilarating, a classic of aerial shooting perfectly preserved.
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,53 GB📅19/07/1996
Published by Sega
Sega Ages - After Burner II (Saturn) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
Japan exclusive Saturn edition of Sega Ages After Burner II, distributed by Sega in July 1996, an AM2 conversion of the Yu Suzuki arcade in the Sega Ages budget sub franchise, a series meant to archive Sega arcade classics for the Japanese market. Sega Japan run was short, jewel case with intact obi, and the archive position of the Sega Ages collection makes it for AM2 and Sega Saturn enthusiasts a targeted archive object for anyone isolating the Japanese run from later Western compilations. Complete with obi clearly sought after.
Is Sega Ages - After Burner II still worth playing in 2026?
A Saturn adaptation by Sega of the famous After Burner II, this Sega Ages offers a faithful remaster of the Sega arcade classic with visual improvements and game options. The hallucinatory aerial rail shoot in F-14 with exceptional speed sensations and iconic rock soundtrack make it an absolute reference of Sega arcade eighties. For anyone fond of Sega arcade classics or seeking a quality remaster on the machine, a warm recommendation still valid today without any hesitation for fans truly here indeed.
