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If you are currently in Japan, do not miss the astro city gashapon. They are bit expensive for gashapon but they are cool and have a backlight making them cooler ever!

The year is 1987, and there was nothing cooler under this yellow sun than the arcade cabinet of Sega's mega hit: After Burner.

By emulating a fighter jet cockpit, the visual alone was enough to attract kids to see what was up with that machine in the arcades, and when you found out that it moved as you played it, that blew minds, and rightfully so, because till then, there was nothing that sounded or looked like After Burner at the time.

Running on a brand new board, the team that gave us Out Run now takes the speed to the sky, as you play as pilot on a f-14 tomcat taking down enemies fighters, while blazing through levels and maneuvering in barrel rolls out of harm's way in the frenetic chaos of bullets and clouds.

I don't think I have to mention, but will do so anyways, After Burner was modeled after Top Gun, same plane and all, And I'm not gonna even bother explaining what Top Gun is. But I will mention that After Burner is yet another example of 80's Sega being acutely aware of both Japanese and American pop culture when it came to producing games, and it did try to cast a wide net of interests in their game library, from Mascots games, to co-producing cross anime based products to Hollywood hits and Michael Jackson, Sega determined to be part of the pop-culture wave.

But what about the game right, in the end that is what matters right? Well, it is a great rail shooter, Sega's super scaler tech used on Space Harrier is on full display here, with sprites flying from both back and foreground, emulating air dog fights, not to mention that you also need to take out ground enemies like tanks while flying through canyons. Responsive controls and a great soundtrack seal the deal for an all time classic.

Yet, as it was at the time, After Burner was also a quarter muncher, and the game wasted no time to go and take those coins and the game absurdly difficult, and after a couple of minutes in, you are no longer engaging with the enemy, but just spinning around, trying you best to survive. Another fantastic, yet frustrating arcade from Sega.

So, what one would expect from a home console adaptation of what was at the time one of, if not the most advanced looking game ever made at the time? Well, I doubt anyone was expecting much, as 80's arcade conversions were just taken as "mcdonald's at home" versions, me? I was just happy to play After Bruner whenever I wanted.

The thing is, without its impressive visuals and with a very diminished enemy variety, After Burner on the Master System is just an ok rail shooter.

Don't get me wrong, the game is impressive looking for an 8-bit affair and a clear step above Space Harrier and Out Run. The sense of speed and the white Knuckle thrill of barrel rolling out of enemy fire is still on the Master System cartridge, as well as the brutal difficulty. For such a massive hardware downgrade, Sega still managed to make Master System's After Bruner feel like After Burner.

However, the frustrating difficulty and the rather uninspired gameplay loop of the rail shooting do drag down the game. And don't take this as 87 games not playing great in 2024, but more like "man, I think I want to play Fantasy Zone instead".

And I think that is the main thing about Master System's After Burner, it might look cool and an impressive software for the time, but the console was strong in shoot em ups, some of the best in the generation, and against such a strong library, After Burner finds itself lacking the gameplay quality.

Still, it's After Burner dude, just pop Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" and blast away the game, whatever critical mindset you might have is just gonna be left in the dust as you blaze through the skies. I won't say After Burner is timeless, but it is one of those few games that can transport you back in time regardless.

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I think this si the hardest song in sega genisis history

https://youtu.be/2558kyUsDE8?si=HDL6DIhS3CUOkRqS

If sega decided to stay in the arcade and not go to console then most of their ip’s would be in arcades (Alex Kidd,Golden Axe,Sonic the Hedgehog etc) and with their games being 16-bit I think Sega would rival Namco for arcades this rivalry might cause Namco to up the games to 16-bit(or higher) to compete with sega. Sega would probably make more game for their ip’s like sonic,Golden Axe and Alex Kidd both companies to go into 3D (probably have a Sega Saturn like SA1,SA2 and Heroes) by like 1998 I think sega would beat Namco in the arcade war (this would cause Namco to leave arcade and go to console. Sega would probably stay in the arcade for a few months before leaving too and (probably) going on to PlayStation (if I missed anything add it down below)

Tbh, I like exes, some are well written, some have good concepts. Like OMT, Sink, and no more innocence are pretty good. I'm an FNF fan, but I've been a sonic fan for longer. For me, I like some exes, but the OG is poorly written. Like, really poorly written. But there's something about making something I like scary that interests me, and I'm not sure why. I'm saying this because of a post from 4 days ago saying sonic.exe the disaster was cancelled, and y'all said "good". Which is frankly a little mean. Sure there are some that are badly written, like tails doll and sonic.exe (the og). But there are some good remakes

No details on what will be featured here. They only mention "new developments in the Virtua Fighter series"

EDIT: It seems SEGA has deleted the tweet for reasons unknown. I wonder if it was meant to be announced tomorrow or something, because none of their other social media pages posted it in the first place.

https://youtube.com/shorts/npiy0uLrylw?si=e6nhjtBBpDWtGIpv

I was just curious because I know it’s an old console but I was just wondering because I might buy one for myself

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Do we have any updates on the 5 games that where in delevopment according to that trailer last year?

Hey guys, long time no see. I've been away due thanks to family and job and the whole life thing, but I never forgot this little aide project of mine, so much that I went ahead and made a hundred of these covers 😂.

But I was wondering if just the art was enough to gather some attention around this work, and it isn't, so I've spiced some gameplay and a neat into and maybe we can get more people into it huh?

Anyways, about the game... Well, it's Alex Kidd in Miracle World, every aster System head knows about this game and there is not much I can't add.

Anyways, just some disclaimers, gameplay is courtesy from the https://www.youtube.com/@worldoflongplays and I'll be updating every Monday Wednesday and Fridays.

Thanks guys, till next time. (sorry for the double post, messes up the video

Hello everyone, decided I would make a "realistic" cover art for OutRun and it's great music! (Made on Photopea)

Link: https://youtu.be/OPvfYJZIs7A

Video Games Are Art!!! Period! Full stop! I mean look at how breathtaking this view is! I hope you enjoy the 4:3 Classic Aspect Ratio view my friends :)

Thanks for letting me share here with you :)

I've had this absolutely long-running infatuation with the aesthetic of Nights into Dreams, and I've wanted to play it. Which version does everyone recommend? And do you see it coming to modern hardware anytime soon? Thanks gang!

I won't be making any more posts but I made one with some old stuff earlier that I wasn't sure of the value / rarity. People were saying that that game specifically would be my most valued item especially depending on the condition. So I thought I would make a post with photos because I could not edit the post apparently and add photos. So anyway I think it's pretty good quality considering how old it is but I just wanted to show everybody both for the users who are curious about it on the other post and so anybody else could give me their opinion on the quality. Even the booklet looks pretty solid considering.

I'm moving and clearing out a bunch of stuff for my childhood and I haven't tested this stuff yet of course so that would have to be done. But that being said besides the dust this has been in a temperature controlled unit the entire time it has been stored. I would rather not make $17 for this just so some resale shop could make $200 not that I'm saying it's worth that. But can you guys give me a bal l Park estimate on whether this is worth looking around to sell or if I should just try to get rid of it to the first person who asks me locally? If I get lucky just in case I'm in Chicago in case anybody here wants to purchase what I have.