> I don't know either of these games but the MAME source has After Burner marked as a
> clone of After Burner II. Is this really true? A brief search on google seems to
> suggest that this is not true, but maybe someone else knows better.
If the rationale is "but After Burner came out before After Burner II!" Well... another rule about parent/clone sets is that the newest revision discovered (almost) always becomes the parent. While that doesn't _usually_ apply to sequels, After Burner II is a lot more like a newer revision than a sequel. Or at least that's how it was explained to me.
As Wikipedia says:
"After Burner was followed by After Burner II, which was released on the same year. It is said by some sources [2] that this game is more of revision of its predecessor, rather than an entirely new game, a practice later repeated for Galaxy Force and Galaxy Force 2.
[2] http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=698 "
Also note System16.com's note on that page regarding the original After Burner.
"This was a prototype, it is unknown whether it actually made it into production, all that is really known is that it has no throttle, and is slightly more primative than After Burner II graphically and sonically."
And Wikipedia's notes on After Burner II:
"The differences between After Burner and After Burner II are very small, and it is easy to confuse the two. The differences included:
- The waiting-for-start sequence (the screen/music after a player inserts credits but before starting the game) is different.
- After Burner II added a throttle to the controls, allowing players to vary their speed while flying.
- After Burner has 18 stages; After Burner II has those same stages but adds three additional stages that make 21 stages total.
- After Burner II added a few minor enemy changes to introduce new speed-based challenges (missiles/aircraft behind the player aircraft) to account for the use of the new throttle control.
- The player's missiles in After Burner II could be fired considerably more frequently.
- Musical compositions were the same for both games, though After Burner's instrumentation is different in spots.
"
I realize it's not "proof", but there may not be any.
- Stiletto
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