After Burner Climax

Shot down over the Pacific

by Mark Brown 7/2/2013

I don't think Sega's arcade games are very realistic.

Crazy Taxi is not much like being a cabby in San Francisco, and driving like you do in OutRun would get you arrested. Virtua Cop, on other hand, is only a halfway accurate representation of proper police conduct.

So it's not surprising that After Burner Climax is probably not the most realistic take on jet fighters. You probably can't barrel-roll a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet by snapping an analogue stick from side to side, and I don't think they come with infinite missiles, either. ...

After Burner Climax is appropriately named. It's an excitement that just doesn't last long

RATINGS
Audio/visual: 5
Gameplay: 6
Value: 5
Innovation: 4
Overall: 5