After Burner III

After Burner III
North American Sega CD box art
DeveloperCRI
PublisherSega
SeriesAfter Burner
PlatformsArcade, FM Towns, Sega CD
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: June 1991
FM Towns
Sega CD
  • JP: December 18, 1992
  • EU: August 1993
  • NA: 1993
GenreShoot 'em up
ModeSingle-player

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.

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.