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| Full title | Afterburner |
| Also known as | F-14 Afterburner |
| Year of release | 1988 |
| Publisher | Activision Inc (UK) |
| Re-released by | MCM Software S.A. (Spain) Proein Soft Line (Spain) The Hit Squad (UK) |
| Author(s) | Software Studios (Keith Burkhill), Foursfield (Jon Paul Eldridge), Focus Creative Enterprises Ltd (Mark A. Jones) |
| Tie-in licence | Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan) (arcade coin-op: After Burner) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.99 (£12.99 for disk version) 1200 ptas. |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Distribution denied |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 2 of the compilation 100% Dynamite (Ocean Software Ltd)
Appeared on the compilation Toda Maquina, A (Erbe Software S.A.) A soundtrack for this game appeared on side B of covertape YS issue 36: Smash Tape 11 (Your Sinclair) This title has known errors Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, NES and Sega Master System |
| Score |
7.25 (30 votes) |
| Origin | Model | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | |
| Original release | 128K | URK588 | 04787546588 | 1988 | SpeedLock 4 | ||
| Original release | 48K | URK588 | 04787546588 | 1988 | SpeedLock 7 | ||
| Original release | 128 +3 | 1988 | None | ||||
| Re-release | MCM Software S.A. | 48K/128K | SEC563 | M-18988-1989 | 1989 | None | |
| Re-release | MCM Software S.A. | 48K/128K | SEC563 | M-18988-1989 | 1989 | None | |
| Re-release | Proein Soft Line | 48K/128K | 04787546588 | 1988 | None | ||
| Re-release | The Hit Squad | 48K/128K | AC21 | 5013156411540 | 1991 | SpeedLock 7 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
| Afterburner.gif | 6,798 | (Loading screen) | |
| Afterburner.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) | |
| Afterburner.gif | 4,942 | (In-game screen) | |
| Afterburner.txt | 14,750 | (English instructions) | |
| Afterburner(MCMSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 80,544 | (Spanish instructions) | |
| Afterburner.png | 93,857 | (Game map) | |
| Afterburner_Back.jpg | 91,942 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Afterburner_Front.jpg | 77,843 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Afterburner(MCMSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 31,236 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Afterburner(MCMSoftwareS.A.)_2.jpg | 216,910 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Afterburner(TheHitSquad).jpg | 61,466 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Afterburner.jpg | 331,365 | (Advertisement) | |
| Afterburner(ProeinSoftLine).jpg | 294,843 | (Advertisement) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCover.jpg | 165,103 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-1.jpg | 122,674 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-2.jpg | 187,818 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-3.jpg | 209,833 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-4.jpg | 198,945 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-5.jpg | 186,905 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-6.jpg | 109,625 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_BookletCrash60-7.jpg | 55,027 | (Booklet) | |
| Afterburner_CompetitionLeaflet-Back.jpg | 162,402 | (Competition leaflet) | |
| Afterburner_CompetitionLeaflet-Front.jpg | 136,837 | (Competition leaflet) | |
| Afterburner_Poster.jpg | 283,596 | (Poster) | |
| Afterburner_Sticker.jpg | 39,460 | (Sticker) | |
| Afterburner.ay.zip | 2,441 | (Ripped in-game and theme music in AY format) | |
| Afterburner.mp3.zip | 720,022 | (Bonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format) | |
| Afterburner.mp3.zip | 2,881,231 | (Sampled in-game and theme music in MP3 format) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 3.88 | page 14 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.88 | page 46 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.88 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 5.88 | page 15 | (Feature - Studio Line) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.88 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ACE | 11.88 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 246 | (Feature - The Race For Christmas No.1) | |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 328 | (Review) | |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 431 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 94 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 9 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 18 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 9 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 52 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 908 | (Preview - Christmas Crackers supplement) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 10 | (News/Note - Atari and Afterburner named as top sellers) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 17 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 102 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 12.88 | page 458 | (Tips - Hot tips) | |
| Sinclair User | 12.88 | page 12 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 38 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.89 | (Feature - Afterburner advertising supplement) | ||
| New Computer Express | 1.89 | page 222 | (Tips) | |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 58 | (Poster) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 59 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 79 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.89 | page 83 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.89 | page 33 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.89 | page 27 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.90 | page 36 | (Feature - Complete Guide to Shoot-em-ups) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.91 | page 18 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.91 | page 72 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.91 | page 69 | (Review) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.89 | page 28 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.89 | page 45 | (Justicieros) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 11.88 | page 36 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.88 | page 84 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 57 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 6 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 52 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 54 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 78 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 16 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.88 | page 20 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 94 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 100 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.89 | page 36 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.89 | page 88 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 90 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 1.89 | page 26 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 32 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.89 | page 34 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 12 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 62 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.89 | page 20 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 2.89 | page 40 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.89 | page 34 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |