1987 Sega After Burner 3.15min video (with rotating cockpit)

[Raitsa]

There is an entertaining 3.15min video of the 1987 Sega After Burner with horizontally and vertically rotating cockpit here:

http://plaza.fi/edome/artikkelit/yleiset/retrokolikkopelien-aaressa-after-burner

Still in use in a finnish amusement park.

[RayB]

SQUEEEEEEEEEAK! SQUEEEEEAAAAAKK!
Heheheh I don't remember it doing that!

;-)

Loved that game. The music really helped with the action.  There's a guy in my area that got not one, but TWO of those for $50 each.

[Level42]

Yeah it definitly needs some lubrication

I prefer the version that fully rotates 360 in all directions. Played it once in London. It was expensive and there had to be an attendend near it constantly to make sure people bucked up correctly. But it was one hell of a ride. ALthough I still felt that you're not really in conctol with After Burner. You just fire at will,move like mad and hopefully don't get fired yourself....

[Zero_Hour]

I prefer the version that fully rotates 360 in all directions.

You Mean R-360?
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=844

That was pretty cool. Got to play it At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas years ago. I think it was 5 bucks a pop, and was a very cool experience, although I was more interested in making the plane do rolls and loops than I was at shooting anything down.   

[Joystick Jerk]

Yeah it definitly needs some lubrication

I prefer the version that fully rotates 360 in all directions. Played it once in London. It was expensive and there had to be an attendend near it constantly to make sure people bucked up correctly. But it was one hell of a ride. ALthough I still felt that you're not really in conctol with After Burner. You just fire at will,move like mad and hopefully don't get fired yourself....

They had one of those in Honolulu arcade ages ago. For whatever reason though it wasn't roped off or attended by anyone. I was there one particular day when my family was on vacation, and saw one kid get seriously beaned when he stood to close to the machine, and another who was almost flung out of the machine when he didn't buckle in properly.

Good times.

[shorthair]

I remember the AB cockpit. I remember thinking that just one axis of movement was a little lame. I don't recall the monitor tilting to accomodate this, but that's kinda a wacky idea, anyway. Never saw the R-360; nice idea but looks clunky.

[Crowquill]

I was thinking about this machine a couple weeks back. I went to our local GameWorks and they had After Burner Climax. That was the first time I've seen one in person. It was definitely a lot of fun.

Climax doesn't have a KLOV listing, but here's a link to the flyer. Climax came out last year, 19 years after the original.

[Kremmit]

I used to have two of those here.  Dang, but are they ever heavy buggers.

It might be hard to see in the video, but it's not just the monitor that tilts; the seat, controls, and monitor are all attached to a single pivot, and all move together.

[shorthair]

Mm, I didn't notice (nor remember) that. I might've played it a couple times. I'm thinking, as it's third person the movement thing is a bit wasted.

[RayB]

Mm, I didn't notice (nor remember) that. I might've played it a couple times. I'm thinking, as it's third person the movement thing is a bit wasted.

How is it wasted?! Movement is all about FEELING the motion you're perceiving on the screen. You're talking out your "observation" ass again.

[CheffoJeffo]

How is it wasted?! Movement is all about FEELING the motion you're perceiving on the screen. You're talking out your "observation" ass again.

Is that as opposed to his "remembrance" ass or his "philosophical" ass or his "genetics" ass or his "aesthetics" ass ?

 

[shorthair]

RayB, is there some reason you're getting emotionally involved in this? I said, "I'm thinking....". I can think whatever I want. You may think differently. I didn't say it was retarded, or that those who think it's cool are retarded.

But, to answer, I think it's wasted cos if the image turns, why have the monitor turn, also. Further, in this instance, the plane does banking in addition to the image. I always thought this upset the experience that you were flying the plane. If you're just controlling a plane, then you don't want to be moving. And in any case, they should've just dumped the plane and made it first person.

[CheffoJeffo]

RayB, is there some reason you're getting emotionally involved in this?

May be because you are reverting to your tranq personality, where you dump on cabinets (or garage door facades) and proclaim your genius.

It's like deja vu all over again.

 

[shorthair]

Maybe you need a cup of shut the ---fudgesicle--- up. Maybe you have personal issues related to people talking about cabinets you think are cool. Tough ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, bird.

[CheffoJeffo]

Maybe you need a cup of shut the ---fudgesicle--- up. Maybe you have personal issues related to people talking about cabinets you think are cool. Tough ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, bird.

....looks like it's gonna consume you.

 

[Jeff AMN]

I never figured out why this couldn't have been done with the Star Wars franchise....

There used to be a really good arcade/amusement place around here and they had this After Burner cockpit. I don't know where all their games ended up when they closed up a few years ago, but I would love to have the game. They also still had a pair of Star Wars cockpits. I'm pretty sure employees claimed those. I know I would have been clamoring for them.

[shorthair]

I never figured out why this couldn't have been done with the Star Wars franchise....

You mean make then power-assisted? Dunno. I think in the next decade or so electro-magnetic technology developments are going to make games like this much more realistic as well as affordable.

[RayB]

I never figured out why this couldn't have been done with the Star Wars franchise....

There used to be a really good arcade/amusement place around here and they had this After Burner cockpit. I don't know where all their games ended up when they closed up a few years ago, but I would love to have the game. They also still had a pair of Star Wars cockpits. I'm pretty sure employees claimed those. I know I would have been clamoring for them.

Oh yeah! NEW PROJECT!   

[Malacus]

I was thinking about this machine a couple weeks back. I went to our local GameWorks and they had After Burner Climax. That was the first time I've seen one in person. It was definitely a lot of fun.

Is that the Gameworks in Newport? I'll have to go check it out if so... Gameworks beats the snot out of DnB...

-Mal