We went to the new Brunswick Zone XL and they had to move us to a different lane during our game, so they gave us 6 free games and 10$ each in arcade credit.
So to my surprise, there was a new Afterburner game - Afterburner Climax.
Despite the PS2 quality graphics, the gameplay and controls was very faithful to the originals. I'd played Afterburner on NES, Genesis, SegaCD, and 32X quite a bit, so I picked it up real quick.
I actually beat the game on my first try, using only 2 extra continues. I'd never actually beat an arcade game before, much less how rarely I can beat a console game without cheats, so I was happy. I got on the top scores list, I think #7.
The big gameplay addition is that you have a climax meter, and occasionally when you target enemies to launch missles, you can trigger a climax, and then you can target and lock-on to as many enemies as you can in like 5 seconds, and then you'll launch a big barrage that destroys all of the targetted enemies at once.
The other addition was multiple paths at a couple levels, and one level lets you fly inside of a mountain.
Rolling still works the same. And down+right+afterburner still works sometimes to avoid missles, but not always. Also, you can take damage, so you're not necessarily downed by one hit.
Of course the motion force feedback seat enhances the experience.
It's also nice to see that Sega can still make true old-school arcade style games that are fun, and that it is possible to have 3rd person flying camera that doesn't destroy the game (like it does with about every other game).
So to my surprise, there was a new Afterburner game - Afterburner Climax.
Despite the PS2 quality graphics, the gameplay and controls was very faithful to the originals. I'd played Afterburner on NES, Genesis, SegaCD, and 32X quite a bit, so I picked it up real quick.
I actually beat the game on my first try, using only 2 extra continues. I'd never actually beat an arcade game before, much less how rarely I can beat a console game without cheats, so I was happy. I got on the top scores list, I think #7.
The big gameplay addition is that you have a climax meter, and occasionally when you target enemies to launch missles, you can trigger a climax, and then you can target and lock-on to as many enemies as you can in like 5 seconds, and then you'll launch a big barrage that destroys all of the targetted enemies at once.
The other addition was multiple paths at a couple levels, and one level lets you fly inside of a mountain.
Rolling still works the same. And down+right+afterburner still works sometimes to avoid missles, but not always. Also, you can take damage, so you're not necessarily downed by one hit.
Of course the motion force feedback seat enhances the experience.
It's also nice to see that Sega can still make true old-school arcade style games that are fun, and that it is possible to have 3rd person flying camera that doesn't destroy the game (like it does with about every other game).
. This one would be worth to play it.
