MANUALS / MANUALES

(Courtesy of David Haynes)

There are 4 different files for Afterburner in this EXCELLENT web, ready to download for free:

Existen cuatro versiones distintas de manuales para Afterburner en esta EXCELENTE web, en descarga gratuita:

http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Arcade_Manuals_and_Schematics/

1. Afterburner Service Manual (420-5842-01 1st Printing).pdf 619k
2. Afterburner Schematics.pdf 2.1M
3. Afterburner Owner's Manual (420-5798-0).pdf 3.3M
4. Afterburner Deluxe Type (420-5812 1st Printing).pdf 2.0M

I´ve converted Deluxe & Schematics .pdf´s into direct online viewable .jpg versions in this blog. You can see now those .pdf´s in sections (the labels f the blog).

He convertido los archivos .pdf Deluxe & Schematics en versiones .jpg que se puedan consultar directamente desde este blog, y los he dividido según las secciones temáticas (consulta los temas o labels del blog).

Don´t forget to visit that web, it has TONS of information!
¡No olvideis visitar el resto de esa estupenda web, con montones de información almacenada!

http://arcarc.xmission.com

Joystick and Throttle Schematics

Found at www.seuservice.com here:

Other Info

(Courtesy of Arcade-History.com and Wiki)


REMEMBER: WE´RE TALKING ABOUT AFTERBURNER II!

After Burner II was originally planned to have a World War II theme and make it a realistic flight sim but was dropped because Yu Suzuki states that "It would not have fit the arcade scene." A pure dogfighter was not his intention.

Although the plane you pilot is a variation of the F-14, the cover art for the Mega Drive version uses an F-15E Strike Eagle.

Shenmue 2 on the Xbox and the Dreamcast (JP and EU) features a full playable version of After Burner II.

In the cut-scenes that show your jet fighter landing on a landing strip in order to reload the missile supply, there are some special vehicles that will make a cameo appearance. In the first landing, you'll see a man riding the motorcycle from "Hang-On". and in the second landing, you'll see the famous Ferrari Testarossa-like car from "Out Run".

Jimmy Cardenas holds the record for this game with 505,050 points on April 20, 1997.

Soundtrack album releases :

• BEEP! Mega Drive Best Selection [Mega Drive Version] (4/25/91) (PSCX-1018) [Polystar]
• After Burner II (MJCAX-00007) (Marvelous Entertainment)
• SEGA AGES SOUND TRACK THE BEST PLUS [PS2 SEGA AGES 2500 Series] (KDSD-00051~2)
• After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (29/11/2007)

An ABII unit appears being played by young John Connor at the arcade at the mall in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day'.


ADAPTATIONS TO HOME SYSTEMS

CONSOLES

• Nintendo Famicom (1989)
• NEC PC-Engine (1990)
• Sega Mega Drive (1990)
• Sega Saturn (1996, "Sega Ages : After Burner II"). It is notable that the version released for Sega Saturn is a nearly direct port of the arcade code, which before consoles like the Saturn and PlayStation was largely unheard of for a home version.
• Sega Dreamcast (2001, "Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1")
• Sega Dreamcast (2001, "Shenmue II")
• Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 10 : After Burner II")

COMPUTERS

• FM Towns PC (1989)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
• Amstrad CPC (1988)
• Commodore C64 (1988, Activision)
• Commodore C64 (1989, Mindscape)
• Sharp X68000 (1989)
• Commodore Amiga (1989)

OTHERS

• Mobile phones (2003)

DESCRIPTION (Game / Technical)

DESCRIPTION OF GAME (courtesy of wikipedia, KLOV and Arcade-History.com)


After Burner II © 1987 Sega.

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, you fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like Out Run, another Sega arcade game, After Burner II came in several versions, the most famous being a large, servo actuated, sit-down cabinet which resembled a cockpit and moved according to the motion of the plane onscreen. The cockpit would bank in the same direction the on-screen aircraft was banking. There was also a much less thrilling upright version.

The differences between After Burner and After Burner II are very small, and it is easy to confuse the two. The differences included:

• The waiting-for-start sequence (the screen/music after a player inserts credits but before starting the game) is different.
• After Burner II added 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 additional stages that make 21 stages total.
• 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.
• The player's missiles in After Burner II could be fired considerably more frequently.
• Musical compositions were the same for both games, though After Burner's instrumentation is different in spots.

It´s a 3-D Sega game rendered with their superb sprite-scaling technology; this time putting the player into the seat of a powerful jet fighter.
23 colourful, fast-moving stages await the player, as he or she takes on the hordes of enemy planes intent on the player's destruction.
At the end of every 2nd stage, the player's jet fighter is re-fueled and re-armed, either by the appearance of a large support plane, or by landing on a military airstrip.
After Burner's straightforward shoot'em up gameplay is unremarkable and repetitive, but fun largely down to the game's incredible visuals.



TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

After Burner II © 1987
Publisher(s): Sega.
Developer(s) Sega-AM2
Designer(s) Yu Suzuki
Music by : Hiroshi Miyauchi
Class: Wide Release

• Players : 1
• Conversion Class: Sega After Burner
• Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
• Maximum number of Players: 1
• Gameplay: Single
• Control Panel Layout: Single Player

Deluxe cabinet dimensions : 80'' (203cm) Deep x 53'' (135cm) Wide x 69'' (175cm) High. Weight : 800 lbs (362 kg)
[Upright cabinet dimensions : 24,8'' (63cm) Deep x 33,9'' (86cm) Wide x 72,8'' (185cm) High. Weight : 273 lbs (124 kg)]


Sega X Board hardware

• Game ID : 834-6335-02
• Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
• Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
• Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), Sega (@ 4 Mhz)

Monitor:

• Orientation: Horizontal
• Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
• CRT: Color
• Screen orientation : Horizontal
• Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
• Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
• Palette colors : 24576
  

Controls:

• Throttle Lever
• Joystick: Analog with trigger and thumb button (2 buttons)
  

PCB & SCHEMATICS / Placa y esquema

Welcome/Bienvenidos

Hi! this is a dedicated blog: dedicated to one of the most spectacular arcade cabinets ever created. We are talking about the SEGA´s Afterburner II cockpit deluxe. First of all I must say "Sorry for my english writing"; and second "sorry for the slow procces you´ll see here". I´m a student, and I have not very much money or time to complete this project.

"What project?", you´ll think.

Well, I plan to restore a full Afterburner II cabinet I´ve just bought.
Seeking information through the web I´ve just found only a small amount of information about this wonderful cabinet, so I plan this blog to serve as a tool for all the owners and enthusiasts of this game. I want to post A LOT of photos and information about this machine, to solve all possible problems. But, hey, I want you to post here too. This is OUR afterburner cabinet blog. So please, consider this space yours and begin to post.

I´m Dr. Fred Uilleann, from Granada (Spain).




Hola! Este es un blog dedicado a una de las recreativas más espectaculares que Sega creó en los 80´s: La cabina dedicada al Afterburner II Deluxe. Planeo que este sea un sitio de encuentro para todos los aficionados y poseedores de esta máquina, un lugar de encuentro donde compartir información y recursos de esta cabina. Navegando por la web he visto que no hay demasiada información al respecto, lo que me ha animado a crear este blog, un blog que no es mío, sino de TODOS los que participemos aquí.
Quiero que sea un lugar de encuentro donde resolver problemas técnicos y estéticos, donde postear fotos e información entre todos, para solventar los posibles problemas que surjan en el disfrute de esta estupenda y espectacular recreativa.
Me llaman Dr. Fred Uilleann, y soy de Granada (España). Un saludo y bienvenido!