+------------------------------+ | Full Length FAQ/Guide For | | After Burner on The NES | | Guide Creator: Servant4Jesus | | Date Created: 11/27/05 | | Last Updated: 11/29/05 | | Version: .10 | +------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Can Always Find the Latest version of this guide at www.gamefaqs.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== UPDATE HISTORY =============================================================================== Version .15 11/29/05 -Finished Stage 2 -Working on Stage 3 Version .10 11/27/05 -Stared FAQ/Guide -Finished Stage 1 -Working on Stage 2 =============================================================================== INTRODUCTION =============================================================================== Well hey there. My name is Matt Ludwig, and I would like to welcome you to my first NES guide, espcially if this is the first guide of mine you have been too! Now, I am actually doing this FAQ for a NES FAQ Completion project and noticed this game left un-faqed and the name looked like something I would be interested in. So I downloaded it and started playing. Now when I played, it kind of discouraged me, because the graphics were not that great and I did not like the 2D forward scrolling plane games, because they are extremely hard to write guides for I think, unlike RPGs and 2D side scrollers. It is always those 2D forward scrolling airplane games that really get you. Despite the bad graphics and gameplay, you might want to play this game, so lets get this started. =============================================================================== CONTROLS =============================================================================== Now the controls in this game are quite simple. There are only 2 push buttons to use (oh wait, there always is *smacks head*, oh well) and then the directional pads. Now so lets state them. A: Fires your main guns, which when you start out are machine guns which are clearly your main use of artillery. B: Your missles and your upgraded missles. You can use these when a black box goes around an enemy. Up: This button will make your plane go down. Down: This button will make your plane pull up. Left: This button will make your plane turn left (Double tap and it will spin) Right: This button will make your plane turn right (Double tap and it will spin) Start: This button does nothing.... Select: Select actually takes the part of start believe it or not, this will pause the game which will show your score and hi-score. =============================================================================== HOW THIS GAME WORKS =============================================================================== Now as I mentioned this game is a 2D forward scroller. Now If you dont know what that means, you should not be playing this game (Just messing geez), but if you don't, I will explain. A 2D forward scroller (I don't even know if that is the techinical name for it, but heck that is what I call it) is a game where you are moving forward but staying in the same spot. You can move left to right instead of like a 2D Side Scroller where you move all over the place. Now you are always moving forward (While staying in the same spot) and planes come from straight ahead and from behind you to attack. Now when they pass, you shoot them with your machine guns to destroy them. You can also missle attack (only when a box goes around someone) and you will mostly use this when there are enemies in front of you. Now enemies that pass you do not attack, they just are free targets to kill. The ones you must watch out for are the ones ahead that fire missles at you which are actually fairly easy to dodge. You could go through this whole game without getting hit. You just move around, or preferrably roll, when a missle is near you and you can easily escape. Now the point is to get points which you display at the select menu or when you advance to the next stage, and you can also tell how many planes you have destroyed. Now, about advancing levels, you just do it. Honestly, that is about all you can say, you just do it. After you beat so many enemies, the level will turn another color and it will say STAGE #. Also, one bullet will destroy your plane, so if you get hit by a missile, your plane will blow up, but you will continue right where you started but that plane will have passed. Also, you only have three lives to begin with and no save points, so once you blow up three times, it is game over. Now you also have a radar or motion tracker in your top right corner. You will be the center dot and the line will split the boundries of in front of you or behind you. The other dots are the planes to show where they are at around you. Now, onwards unto completing the game. =============================================================================== WALKTHROUGH =============================================================================== When you turn this lovely game you should see this. AFTER BURNER Press Start So do what it says and press start for gosh sakes. +---------+ | Stage 1 | +---------+ You will start out by taking off from the aircraft carrier and then into the sky. You eventually be over the beautiful blue sea. Now heres where it starts. You will immdediately be approached by two green planes to your left then two to your right and then another two to your left. Suddenly six planes will come out in the same order to your left, just shoot straight in the middle and you should tackle them all. You will pass up any planes you have not killed and out from ahead a plan will come and shoot a missle. Fire one back and dodge his. Then the same pattern will happen again, two from left, two from right, two from left. Then another missile launching plane will approach from ahead. Take it down and dodge it's missle. Yet again, that one pattern will come along. Two from left, two from right, two from left, all green planes. A plane will then approach from ahead coming straight at you but not firing missiles. Then from ahead, four planes will come beside eachother launching four missiles. You shoot four, and then get to dodging because you will have to dodge all of them. Now we enter stage 2. +---------+ | Stage 2 | +---------+ Two brown planes will approach from the left, and then two to the right, and then two to the left. These brown planes are faster than the green planes. The enviroment color has changed too. Four planes will approach you right behind each other and a zig zag order with only one lauching a missile. So be sure to dodge that one. Three planes will then approach from ahead, right beside eachother, all shooting missiles. Then, three more planes will approach you, two on the top and one downlow, all shooting missiles, so be ready for that. Two more will come from ahead just dodging at you but will not shoot, and then two more doing the same. Three will then come shooting missiles at you, each shooting two, and these are hard to dodge. The usualy pattern will come up again, two from the left, two from the right, and then two from the left, so you know what to do. A set of three will then approach shooting missiles and then yet another set of three shooting missile, but you can take these out before they shoot you. You will then go upwards and do a weapon reload on a bigger plane, and then you are ready for the next level. +---------+ | Stage 3 | +---------+ As you have already probably noticed, the ground is blue and black and the sky is pitch black. Who cares...lets go. Two planes will approach you shooting missiles along with a missile right behind you. When this missile gets close, start spinning to dodge it. Then a set of two planes will fly by you and then another set shooting missiles when they are close. =============================================================================== THANKS AND ENDING =============================================================================== Well there always comes a time for this part, the end of the FAQ. Well I really hope this helped you out with After Burner, which is a pretty crummy looking game if you ask me. Please check out my other FAQs if you already havent please. Thanks for reading this! I would like to thank God because he is number one in my life and I could not do anything without him, then there comes the time to thank the second most important person about my faq, good ole ceej. Well I would like to thank you for hosting FAQs and making an extremely good website. You have been great over the years man! Then last but certaintly not least, is the FAQ contributor board. Wow you all have been a huge part in my life, and have helped me by critizing and giving me your comments on everything. Thanks guys for all the help you have been. Thanks a lot! =============================================================================== COPYRIGHT =============================================================================== This FAQ is protected under the copyright code of law. It is illegal to take this FAQ and edit it or use it to your advantage. You do have permission to: print this FAQ out, use this FAQ, show your friends. You do not have permission to: Edit this FAQ, Host this FAQ without my permission or concern, sell this FAQ, or make any profit off of it whatsoever. If you really want to use my FAQ on your website or other purpose, please contact me, and I will most likely let you use it. 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