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Kotaku: After Burner Climax Review: You Will Do A Barrel Roll

Kotaku writes: "Adrenaline junkies who feel the need-specifically, the need for speed-but don't have access to an actual F-14D or a deluxe arcade cabinet will be gleefully forced to settle for Sega's console port of After Burner Climax, it's 2006 aerial dogfighter.

Rarely do Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network games feel as arcade-y as does After Burner Climax, which puts players in control of one of three high speed jetfighters, millions of rounds of artillery and thousands of missiles to dispose of a nuclear threat, shooting down hundreds of enemy airships along the way. After Burner Climax doesn't deviate far from the course set by its arcade predecessors with the exception of the slowly regenerating Climax Meter, which when employed slows down time and temporarily grants the player infinite lock-on missiles."

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After Burner Climax - The High Point of an Aging Series

After Burner Climax launched on home consoles and PC back in 2010, and we've seen very little of the series since.

darthv72663d ago

Fantastic game. I only wish it were bc for xb one. I keep my 360 hooked up specifically to play this and other delisted games like outrun and sega rally.

Yi-Long662d ago

If Sega is smart (they're not; We've established this a long long time ago, sadly), they'd release a nice collection for current-gen with the best versions of these old arcade-console classics, like Outrun, Crazy Taxi, Sega Rally, Virtua Tennis, Afterburner, etc etc, as well as some of their JP-only releases, like Initial D.

purple101661d ago

I'm with you.

I want project justice (rival schools in Europe).

I want powerstone both from capcom.

And of course every game you mentioned.

I specifically think sega rally is under utilised. It made people who didn't even like racing games have-a-go and I thought it was great back in the arcades and Dreamcast era. Crazy taxi I never laughed so hard before or since..it was pure gold on dreamcast also

gamerz663d ago

You may also like Chorus from Deep Silver if you like these type of games.

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RaiderNation1079d ago (Edited 1079d ago )

Gunstar Heroes was made by Treasure. I'm not sure if that IP actually belongs to Sega. If it does, the ONLY modern day developer that I think would do that game justice is Housemarque. Maybe Sega could collaborate with Sony to let them make a modern day Gunstar Heroes. I definitely think Shinobi and Afterburner need modern day remakes though.

I feel like there are stronger Sega IP's than some of the ones that were listed such as...

Vector Man
Comix Zone
Virtual On
Ranger X
Jet Set Radio
Landstalker
Eternal Champions

sourOG1079d ago

A new eternal champions would be sick

TimelessDbz1079d ago

Phantasy star Online 1 and Phantasy star universe.

Mopes1078d ago

Sadly I think that is unlikely because of Phantasy Star Online 2

FlavorLav011079d ago

Totally agreed. That’s a good start. Here’s a few more I think would covert well.

Virtua Fighter
Fighting Vipers
Sonic Adventure
Condemned
Shinobi
Altered Beast
Shenmue (properly supported)

sourOG1079d ago

Condemned criminal origins!

Snookies121079d ago

Amazing series, wish more people had known about it back in the day!

sourOG1079d ago

Probably still my favorite horror game of all time. I’ve been into that kind of shit my whole life so I don’t scare easy but condemned got me. When you’re looking down a hallway and see people peaking out. The heart was kicking lmao.

I need to play it again. I played a year or 2 ago and it still held up. Graphics are obviously dated but just the premise. Like pulling pipes off of the wall and shit. You don’t see that anymore. I’d take the same game with a new can of paint, it still feels good. Multiplat remaster do it. I don’t think criminal origins ever came to PlayStation.

ZelTroidVania1079d ago

As hard as it was, the Shinobi remake that came out on PS2 was decent. But yes, a new remake would be great. Always loved that series.

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Okami HD & After Burner Climax are fully playable in the latest version of RPCS3

DSOGaming writes: "A few days ago, we informed you about Red Dead Redemption running in the best emulator for Playstation 3, RPCS3. And today, we are happy to report that Okami HD and After Burner Climax are fully playable from start to finish in the latest version of RPCS3."

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