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Yeah, it sure is something.
Well, his pronunciation is way better than mine.
I would have said "Cleemax".
"After Burner Cleemax".
Actually no.
But as you could hear it's pronounced "After Burner Climax"!
After Burner Climax! Got it? Good!
Hi everyone, Hooper's here.
You got it, today we're with After Burner Climax on Playstation 3.
But it's available on Xbox 360
only if you download it.
It was released few days ago.
It costs approximately 10 euros (13 USD).
By the way, thank you Sega for sending me a code so I could get it.
Free, too. They're really nice! Thank you master Sega!
See? Master Sega isn't dead. Thank you again.
And now I can't help but say that the game is awesome.
When someone gives you a present, have you ever said that what you just got was ***?
Can you really imagine, me, saying that this game is ***?
Even though someone gave it to me!
Have I ever done something like that?
No...
Seriously, it's a nice game and I didn't know it at all, too.
So, it was really a surprise for me.
Because I had never heard of this After Burner Climax.
Of course, like everyone else, I know After Burner.
Who doesn't know the original After Burner?
The master's game!
Mr. Yu Suzuki. A game released in 1987.
So I knew it because...
Uh, I don't wanna talk about my life.
But... I'll do so.
What I wanted to say was...
Sorry...
I actually think After Burner is my very first arcade game.
Of course I've never forgotten this game.
I couldn't forget it because...
After Burner is one of the first games which had its own arcade cabinet.
It was a cockpit.
I remember it really well even though I was 8 or 9.
At this time...
The arcade cabinet was a cockpit.
So we got in by the side of it.
We really were in a closed space.
We also had a joystick, very realistic
You could really control that thing.
And especially, the arcade cabinet could move.
The seat was moving.
From the front to the back and from left to right.
It was incredible.
It was moving based on... Wait! It moved with a certain logic!
It was moving based on your movements! It's true!
If we went to the right, the seat was moving in this direction...
The whole arcade cabinet was moving on the left.
Seriously, it was completely awesome.
That's why I still remember it!
Honestly, for me, the game, the original After Burner...
I always thought it was really average, kind of rubbish!
I could never understand.
I thought: what's this ***!?
Years ago I couldn't say that because I was too young.
But later in 1992 or 1993 when the game was released on Megadrive, Master System etc.
So for the first time I could really play the game.
Because honestly when you're on the arcade cabinet you can only play 2 minutes then it's over!
You put 10 bucks in this, you play 3 minutes, and you have thrills because it moves like hell!
But honestly you can't understand a thing of what's happening in front of you!
Because years ago the speed was crazy!
The scrolling was epic, seriously!
But of course you couldn't understand anything at all.
There were enemies everywhere, I must say this, and you died in 3 minutes.
So later when the game was released on the consoles at this time...
Yeah I played a bit and seriously, for me, I always thought it was... ***.
Yet, it's a legend! After Burner is a legend of the arcade games.
Really! From my point of view,
I remember it especially because of the arcade cabinet.
It gave me an unforgettable thrills at this time.
Yet, the game was... Average.
Well this After Burner Climax...
Wait, something's wrong with my micro... Am I recording something now?
Uh, oh, yeah, no it's okay.
After Burner Climax is a projection of what could be After Burner now.
It's an arcade game which was released in 2006.
It's the "new generation" After Burner! Just like Out Run.
It's exactly the same for Out Run, it was released in 1986 or 1987.
Again, by Yu Suzuki.
It was released again in 2006 as an arcade game.
They completely changed it.
The graphics were transformed.
And that's what After Burner Climax is.
Now is the time to stop talking so I can start the game.
I'll come back in the menu but first I'll take a random plane.
I will start immediately after that
because I need to show you something.
Believe me or not, but I'm laying the controller.
I lay the controller here.
The controller is dropped.
Let's see what's going to happen, together.
As you can see, everything is blowing up...
and I'm playing like a God.
Among all the enemies on the screen
I'm destroying all of them directly.
Look at my score at left.
100% I destroyed 38 out of the 38 enemies.
I remind you, without touching the controller!
And I don't act like Psycho Mantis...
Telekinesis or I don't know! See?
This guy is playing without the controller! Incredible.
After Burner is the first game you can complete at 100% without using the controller!
Isn't that nice?
Be sure that I don't use the controller at all.
Look, 100%! 100% again.
Let's stop there because I need to use the controller otherwise I'll crash on the rocks.
The invincible mode can't avoid the rocks too
So I'm leaving in order to explain why i could do that
It was quite funny to see that.
I actually used cheat codes.
It's what they call Ex Options.
It's just like Golden Eye. I think it's quite the same thing.
At the beginning you can't use any of them.
They are unlocked, they all have a padlock.
The more you play the more you can unlock them.
It's really easy to unlock them.
You don't have to do anything specific.
For example, look, you can see the conditions written on the top.
You need to reach the ending five times.
Here ten times.
Here you need to fire a total of 2,000 missiles.
Here 5,000 missiles.
For this one you have to reach the ending A because actually there are multiple endings in the game.
You need to get a down rate of over 70% 10 times in each stage.
Here you need to activate the Climax Mode a total of 200 times.
You don't need to do it in one game.
Because when you end one game, it saves so you can unlock these by doing another game.
These options are really simple to activate.
As you can see I've unlocked them. All of them!
It's not that complicated...
The last I got, earlier, was this one.
Shoot down a total of 10,000 enemies.
I shot down 10,000 planes!
It's really stupid...
Next, you can merely activate or deactivate all of these cheat codes.
They are really... Cheated.
Of course, they are cheat codes.
So you can have the complete invincibility.
The enemies can't shoot if I activate this one...
You can have the Climax Mode to infinity.
Auto-Gun... Missiles lock and then fire automatically to infinity.
You got it already, it's really insane.
It's supposed to be entertaining but in fact, I only see a minimum interest in these Ex Options.
Because it ruins the whole game.
What's the appeal of playing like that?
I played a bit in order to unlock the last cheat codes.
Some cheat codes are impossible to unlock without the Ex Options.
For example, this one.
Get a score of over 2,000,000. Of course in one game.
If there's a guy who can achieve this cheat code without using any of them...
He would be awesome.
First you need to get over 1,000,000, and it's really difficult.
For 2,000,000 you need to be a God. Really! I'm sure of it!
Except for that, it's useless
Therefore I will reset everything.
Default settings. This is it.
Everything is by default.
Now there's a real challenge.
It's more enjoyable. I advice you to keep the default settings.
Here we go... We keep it like that.
We get out of here... If I manage to. Wait, how do you exit from here? Oh, just like that, okay...
It's saving.
Next, what's left in the menu...
The arcade mode is a classical.
You need to do all the stages one by one.
There are approximately 15 stages
You end the game between 10 and 15 minutes.
There's actually a nice replay value.
Of course the goal of the game is to have the highest score.
It's a pure arcade game, made with the same tradition.
I showed you the Ex Options earlier.
There's also a score attack mode.
You can compare your scores online with the worldwide players.
There's also a training mode but it's useless
In fact, you only use the arcade mode.
You can choose between three planes. F-18, F-14, F-15.
You have the choice between four different skins.
It's quite nice. I will take the F-14.
I'm going to keep the initial skin. The real skin of the F-14. It's this one.
You need to know that...
In the original After Burner, the first one, there was already this plane.The F-14.
Here is an anecdote:
I always thought that After Burner was made because of Top Gun.
You all know Top Gun? If you don't, I can't do anything for you now.
I pause the game.
Perfect!
***, I didn't pause it! Wait, it's on pause now.
Top Gun was released in1986 and by some chance, one year later, in 1987, After Burner is released.
In my opinion, Sega looked over there and said:
"Wow! Wait! We gotta do something!"
They made After Burner. I think that's how it happened.
In Top Gun, Maverick, Iceman etc. They already used the F-14!
It was the famous plane at the time.
Today it's still one of the most famous fighters. That's it.
There's the Top Gun movie with the F-14 and then one year later the F-14 in After Burner...
You put these pieces together... See what I mean?
I guess you wonder why I paused the game.
It's not just for fun. It's because of something totally awesome in this game.
You can choose your own music.
You can do your own playlist. When I'll do that...
No, first, listen.
What you can hear now is the music from the game.
It's not bad but... It's kinda... Well, it's basic rock. Not really interesting.
It's great because... So I will choose one playlist.
I select this one with Sunday bloody Sunday, The Bitter End,
Mr Brightside and Enola Gay so it's really something!
You'll hear these four songs in this order and the initial music from the game will be removed.
It won't be the case for the sound effects and voice.
That's why it's great. It's just brilliant.
The sensations are tenfold.
You can really do your own playlist while playing the game.
It's awesome. The majority of games should do that already.
We're going to start then.
I think I will shut up. I'll let you enjoy peacefully.
Here we go.
Damn! What a sucker! I suck! Damn!
I was *** by the first missile! It's splendid! Seriously, it's fantastic!
Climax Mode... I'll try to play properly.
Second stage.
To be able to listen to your own music while playing the game...
It's awesome. I was really surprised that I could do that.
It's really rare nowadays...
Damn it! No!
I can't play like this, seriously. I need to be concentrated.
The goal of the game, I guess you understood it already;
You have a horde of planes in front of you.
The goal is quite simple; you have to manage to lock them with the viewfinder.
You just have to go over them... When you do that... You can see that...
I'll try to dodge that... I go there... I accelerate... Climax Mode...
I'll explain later what it's supposed to be.
Look, with the viewfinder I go over them.
Oh ***! Damn it, ***!
You just have to pass over them. There's a little sound: "Ding"!
You can hear that... There's a cross too and you just need to press so you fire homing missiles.
There's only one type of missile. It's quite a pity.
One of the flaws of the game.
I wanted to have multiple sorts of missile. We only have one. It's too bad.
Otherwise, there's the canon. I'm using it right now.
It's a machine gun.
Of course, you can use it only when the enemies are next to you.
You don't use it that much actually.
At first, you have 50 missiles.
You can use a lot of them because it regenerates every second.
Look at the bottom left, this is my amount of missiles.
It's regenerating now.
Below of this amount of missile, it's my Climax gauge.
Look, I will use it now... Oh, I can choose a branch, to the left.
Sometimes, twice or three times, the game asks you to choose to go to the left or right.
It'll change something in the next stage. Look I'm using it.
The Climax. Bullet time! Now I can aim for everything in the sky.
I release and it fires a missile towards all the enemies simultaneously.
Those which I managed to lock.
It's kind of... In brief, it's my berserk.
It's not really necessary. To me, it's just a bonus.
I thought when I played the game, well, the game is called After Burner Climax,
I thought it was...
Oh *** I shouldn't have done it when I was spinning because I won't have time to lock the enemies.
I thought it was something you had to use it a lot.
But I found out that...
I gotta accelerate! Perfect!
Just look at this speed!
That's some speed you got here!
Damn! What a noob! Damn I'm so stupid.
It's getting on my nerves!
When I'm not talking I'm really great.
Here we go again!
No! It's okay. I dodged it.
I thought I was hit again. It's okay I managed to dodge it... What was I talking about?
Yeah, I thought the Climax mode could have been more interesting.
It's just a little bonus.
You can easily go through the game without using it once.
It still has some interest though! Look, I lock everything.
Bullet time. I release. They blow up at the same time.
You can use it to do combo. You can see it on the left
It's kinda meh. Let's accelerate...
Look up for the missiles, let's go there... You can spin, too.
Just like that. You don't do this that much.
You're supposed to do that to dodge the enemies' missiles.
Yeah, it sure is useful sometimes but...
I choose to do like that, see? In order to dodge them.
Of course they all fire homing missiles. We have to wait when...
Did you see?
They were all on me! Three or four missiles just for me!
And by doing this... That's it!
The other one touched me, the one on the top!
There are some incredible thrills.
The scrolling speed is insane.
You're really in the game itself. The game is fluid. I've never seen such fluidity.
You can't say the game is bad because of this.
The possible technical flaw which I could eventually point out...
Well, in this stage you can't really see it because I'm near the ground.
This stage is really nice.
Seriously, it's really something. My retina hurts just because of this!
It's just a downloadable game for 10 euros and only 400 Mb.
Damn that ***! I'm playing like ***! I'm mad, seriously!
I need to lock the others... I release. That's it. I hate playing like that!
When I'm playing alone I don't have any problems.
You see what I mean? So... This game is really pretty.
So technically...
The remote display isn't that high, it's one of the flaws of the game.
Look!
I'm going to accelerate. See?
Well, it's really fast, sure. But you can't really see that far.
When you actually observe the horizon... I was hit again.
When you look at the horizon there's some big fog.
It's the only flaw I can actually say here. You can't see that far.
Damn I'm being pursued by a missile! ***!
Let's try to spin in order to dodge it... Be careful...
I'm not playing really well because I can't hit any.
The game is simple, it has two goals.
First one: manage to hit planes as much as possible.
Enemies ones. All, indeed.
Second one: as necessary as the first one, you have to dodge all the missiles...
Like I've just perfectly done. You dodge all the missiles... Climax mode, I'm going to shoot them all.
They're all going to blow up at the same time.
You need to dodge every line of missiles.
It's not that easy. You need to train a bit.
Again I can choose a way. Left or right.
I think I've said everything.
The environment is extremely varied too.
There are 15 stages.
Certainly, you can finish the game in 10 minutes.
You'd say it's really short.
Yeah, but it's an arcade game! It's normal!
I'm not shocked by that.
It's not a problem but they could have added more modes, like a multiplayer mode for this version.
They acted like lazy ones. It's a plain version, really.
I guess they... What a nice dodge! That was such a nice dodge!
I guess they add the Ex Options, and all the cheat codes.
Because they weren't there at first. Did you see?
The green airplanes... Damn he really did hit me.
The missile really got me. We gonna accelerate.
By folding the wings... That ***!
I'm frustrated. I use a continue too...
No need to worry I have two more left.
I must manage to show you the end...
We're at the 8th stage out of 14... It's gonna be alright.
I must concentrate. I was saying...
We pilot an F-14. It has wings of a variable...
Noo! Damn usually I never die here. I'm going to be careful.
Really. I will stop talking. Be careful! NO!
What was that? What the hell am I doing?
I won't have enough lives. I'm playing like ***.
We pass through the lasers, okay... Yeah I remember! On the top!
Quick, below... That missile dodge, awesome!
I must have three lives left! I must be careful.
This sunset setting is really pretty.
But you don't care!
We gotta dodge everything! Dodge time!
I'm sorry I won't talk that much.
Look at this setting... It's really beautiful.
I wanted to say that the plane has fold wings.
They call that variable geometry.
I mean, look at the wings, I accelerate, look.
They fold onto themselves.
This makes my speed a lot higher.
Because the F-14 could exceed the 1,24 mi/hour.
Damn! That was some dodge!
That was such a great dodge...
Look below, you can see the route.
So like I said there are branches and bonus stages.
It's the little balls here. I managed to do them.
You have to hit some particular target... In order to access bonus stages...
It's a special stage here because if you manage to not be spotted by the projectors
The enemies won't see you. So, you can try to...
Damn! We can crash on the mountains you know!
I'm playing quite well I'm not spotted yet.
We can try to be furtive...
Here it is! I'm spotted! They all fire!
I'll stop thinking and just go for it!
That's it! A missile just hit me!
Damn it... Damn, damn... I've only 48% of my armor. Oh damn... Holy ***...
This is the most difficult stage of the game.
Damn! The city during the night...
It's pretty but it's going to be hard to go through that!
I must play well. Hooper's concentrated!
Damn! That was such a nice dodge!
Oh no no no no no no!
Accelerate you ***!
You gotta be kidding...
Last continue. Last continue... Only two lives left.
I'm really in a deep ***. ***, ***, ***!
I need to play properly! I must reach the end...
It would be a big shame if I can't.
Damn no the red ones! Holy ***!
Damn I must reach the end! I must focus.
Concentrated. Let's go to the left again
We begin with the left let's keep it until the end.
See the scenery? The setting?
This game isn't around the world in eighty days.
It's around the world in ten minutes!
Because we're everywhere!
The Sahara, the desert, the Greenland, the city...
The city DAMN IT! Go! Climax! We all gonna got them!
No! What the hell... The relief!
I'm going right into the relief like a disabled! I don't have any lives. Holy ***!
It's Mr. Brightside too...Damn I dodge that!
I can do that! Last part!
Last part, last part! I think I managed to do it.
It's the end. Oh my god...
Alright. It's finished.
The game is over. You saw the entire game.
Unless the few stages I couldn't do and the bonus stages.
Damn... I didn't believe I could reach the end!
I played really badly. I'm frustrated. I played very very badly.
Usually I only lost two lives! Without using cheat codes!
I used all my lives it's incredible... It was totally ***.
I'll let you enjoy this ending. It's quite nice.
With Enola Gay too! You can't ask something better!
I'm back right after that.
Presented by Sega.
Thanks Mr. Sega for this game.
It's really a good one, for me. It's worth 10 euros.
You know what? This ending makes me think of one of the two endings
Of Ace Combat 2 on Playstation.
I liked that game. On the first Playstation!
It was exactly the same with the sunset setting with planes just like that...
The music was great too.
Both musics of the endings of Ace Combat 2 were totally great.
I don't know why it reminds me that.
In brief, we don't care at all. So! To conclude, what can I say of this After Burner Climax?
I advice you to buy it, it's worth it.
You can hesitate because of the life expectancy.
Certainly, you can end the game in 10 minutes.
But it's an arcade game! It's normal!
What I'm blaming here are the Ex Options because they don't have a real use.
I don't see the interest of it.
Unless you're a total noob who think you're the best guy ever.
No, really, there's no interest. That's what I think.
They should have made more interesting cheat codes.
Invulnerability, huge amount of missiles, auto-lock, Climax gauge at maximum...
You can use it nearly whenever you want.
It's kinda average.
There are also the flaws but it's exactly the same:
You have only one life, only 1% of the armor, not having the Climax gauge...
You choose to have nothing or everything.
I don't know, they could have chosen better cheat codes.
Maybe they should have added more content, an online mode...
Maybe something else, I don't know.
This is what I would blame to Sega.
It's really a plain version.
Seriously, everything else is perfect. It's a pure arcade game.
The handling is great, it's the main argument here.
You need to know that you can choose your own commands.
I changed the initial ones because we had to use the triggers
and I think the Playstation's triggers are especially awful.
I choose to accelerate with the right stick.
I move the F-14 with the left one.
It's a lot more playable and confortable like this.
I advice you to change the commands.
Again, you can choose your own playlist.
The one you made in the PS3.
And you can play it in the game itself.
Just for that...
Seriously, if this doesn't deserve applauses, then what does it deserve?
That's it! I really recommend this game: After Burner Climax.
Everything's great! Arcade games' players, who like highscoring, go for it!
Bye-bye, see you next time!