Score card

Achieved at : 2022-06-22
Rank : 2
(53% worse)
Lups : 261
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2022-07-03
General Rules: Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues.
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- excessively point farm
- use glitches or other game exploits
Specific Rules: Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings.
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TGP
2022-07-03 03:49:07
Emulation checked, game checked, gameplay checked, score checked.

Voting yes.
Ray2222
2022-06-22 18:08:35 (edited 2022-06-22 18:47:13)
This is a first for me.

I play a game that I don't like :)

SMS After Burner.. the port that gets better praise than the home computer ports, which I find hard to believe.. "not including Sharp or Towns, Sharp looks great like Genesis but better, and Towns looks better than SMS if theres an analog stick to stop the auto centering"
I just mean the Euro home computer ports but i still think id like them more than SMS unless they have "hiding spots" too.

Quite literally it takes 20 min for the computer players to be able to hit you while holding a corner. If you hold up and right for 20 min straight you won't get touched. What kind of programming is that!? Instead of me out maneuvering missiles I just get the urge to run to the corner.

Best news out of this play is now I know when the game really starts. "Stage 12" where finally you're forced to play to survive.

I'll attempt this again sometime forsure.

Graphics A+
Sound A+
Gameplay D-
Hidding spot in any corner for 20 min straight "invisble to A.I."

and secondly, Nearly impossible to shoot your targets before they launch their missiles, which to me is the funnest part of After Burner, not letting them get a shot off. Because that's how it is in real life. Out maneuvering missiles is extremely hard and usually means death, the goal for pilots is always to hit their targets before they get locked on to.
Sms AB the enemy sprite and missile sprite appear at the same time so I think it's impossible, just loses that aspect.

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20:58 final score
No game settings, all default
iNNEXT brand "snes clone" controller
FUSION emulator

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I want to like this because ABII Genesis is one of my all time favs.

It is challenging trying to get a score on this one though because you have to come out of hiding to do so.
And after stage 12 it must get tough.
So I look forward to this again sometime.