After Burner III

After Burner III is a video game released for the FM-Towns home computer in Japan and later ported to the Sega CD in Japan, Europe and North America. It is the third game in the After Burner series, and a port of Strike Fighter, a game released for Japanese arcades, itself a sequel to G-LOC: Air Battle.

"Strike Fighter" redirects here. For the aircraft, see Strike fighter.
After Burner III
Developer(s)CRI
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade
FM-Towns
Sega CD
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: September 11, 1991
FM Towns
Sega CD
  • JP: December 18, 1992
  • EU: August 1993
  • NA: 1993
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

The basic controls are the same as previous games in the series but this time the player has access to unlimited missiles.[1]

Reception

Mega Action gave a review score of 48% praising the arcade style graphics and sound, the game intro and the option to change the gameplay camera. They criticized the gameplay lacking plot, detail and playability.[2]

References
  1. "After Burner III Review for Sega CD (1992) - Defunct Games". Archived from the original on 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. "After Burner III Review". Mega Action (2): 32. July 1993. Retrieved June 15, 2022.


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