I just discovered your channel last week and have been watching your videos non-stop. Your passion and knowledge for arcade machines is amazing. Keep up the great work and you've got a new fan.
I was able to snag the sit down Deluxe version in perfect working condition this past weekend. I haven't been this excited since I went to Neverland!!!!!!¡
I can't stop watching all your videos... I love when you show all the features in the games, it's so refreshing to see the game in a different way instead of just playing it.
I have After Burner II and love it. I looked for one for years and have the upright one. I loved playing the unique sit down version as a kid. Such a great game. So happy to owe it.
we had the cockpit version at a bowling center i worked at, and it was a great moneymaker (when working) but was broken more than it was working. (seat motors)
I loved After Burner growing up. One of the arcades in one of the malls in my hometown had the cockpit version. It was expensive to play as it cost a dollar but man was it cool!
Afterburner had the best soundtrack ever for any arcade game. If I can remember, it was one of the first (if not the first) game to use two Motorola 68000 processors, hence the huge cost. They really didn't have an accurate console version till almost ten years later. The Star Trek Cockpit version was so much fun for the day, and it came out right when Khannnnnnnn! came out too! Vector graphics had such a simplistic, yet awesome charm for its time. My screenwriting professor actually wrote Chris Farley's would-be last movie. The movie had finally been greenlit, and my Professor and his co-writer were eating in a diner in Los Angeles and when they came out, he said it was like a scene out of a movie. He turned on the radio and the announcer immediately said that Chris Farley had died. Ultimately, that movie never got made.
+retroelectrical I am curious to think of what game was the first with two of those 68000. Food Fight was the first to have one of them! Very sad about Farley too...he seemed out of control....the documentary is really very good!
I knew a guy who drove a mail truck in Arkansas. One day he was returning back with an empty truck and he saw an After Burner environmental on the side of the road for garbage. He picked it up and dropped it off at his house. He changed the fuses and it worked!
Dude, the motorized version was insane for the time. I remember playing it as a little kid and It was even old at that time, and it was still incredible to experience.
I played an Afterburner cab that was a large big screen with a cockpit on a platform that could move it back and forward, side to side. I haven't ever seen one since and I was a little kid, it was at the top of a ski lodge type of place maybe in North Dakota.
Love After Burner. I have several ports of it on the Genesis, Master System (which is mostly based on AB1 without the throttle controls), the unofficial Tengen port for the NES, and the 3DS version which not only emulates the X hardware, but it also features faux overlays which make it feel like the real arcade version (and the overlays include the original upright, cabaret, the left and right Commander sit-down, and the Deluxe Commander sit-down), in fact, the people who developed the port (M2) even went as far as to record every detailed sound including the Deluxe Commander's cooling fans
Afterburner..God that is sweet. We had one, and literally got bored, repairing the handle, for the shaker motor. There was the upright, then the cabaret version you mention. Did you ever see the small cradle version, that rocked left and right?..and then the huge 360 cabinet..that was £2 a play..about $3.50..a 17 coin for a credit!. love the videos.
I love watching these videos (it always makes me reminiscence the arcade alleys in my hometown of Fort Smith, AR) Anyway I got a question. in 3:57 I see the cabaret Asteroids cabinet in the background. Do you have a video of that one in action, and how much would one of those cost?
I saw all the other videos with Asteroids, but alas no cabaret version of it. I love the cabaret designs even though I only got to play two arcades in that form a Phoenix and a Berzerk.
great vid. I bought a after burner and it playes great. the only thing missing was the plastic part of the control stick..i rigged up something so I can still play. do you know where I can get a control stick. cant find one anywhere..lol
Love these videos. It's nice to see the inner workings of these awesome classic games. Do you have any videos on old VS. Red Tent Top systems? They usually had tennis or Super Mario Bros/Excitebike in them.
+DirtyBob6969 Actually, we are selling one we got in that basement find wholesale...for $900.....so if it gets purchased, will make a quick video of it!
+TNT Amusements Inc what type of condition is it in? good bad nightmarish? Please make a vid anyways. Besides I like hearing the back crack sfx. Never gets old... There was one at a local chuck e cheese's back in the day. I was around 11 at the time. Spent a lot of quarters playing Super Mario Bros. Very unique sit-down machine. thanx
I got the game AND since sime months the DLX-Cockpit too. Todd, you always stress to upgrade to LED's to keep voltages low, are there big enough LED's for the two red lights on the of the machine available?
glad I got to play the cockpit version of it knowing they're mostly gone. I think the arcade charged 50 cents or maybe it was even a WHOLE DOLLAR a play.
Todd. is there a video showing your private stash of cabs please would love to see them. if you have the video somewhere could you send me a link i would love to see a tour of you home arcade please? i finish work in 3 hours and will wait until then to see it.
mate you are going to get me fired. i am in work and all i wanna do is watch your friggin great vids. would love to go to an arcade that still had outrun afterburner and spaceharier. all 3 as the moving seats. that is the holy trinity.
TNT Amusements Inc Thanks, but I played Star Trek a thousand times and know the sounds like my own breath. Maybe it's just distorted. When the starbases come up before the level, it is missing some low notes, and the crashes sound more crunchy for instance. You can view your other video for the sounds Im used to - that one sounds perfect. Sure it doesn't matter now, I'm sure you have sold the cabinet by now, was just curious why the sound was different. Maybe just a blown speaker driver or something. Great video BTW.
Hi Todd, do you ever get the Class of 1812 coming through your doors, I've read on the internet that this is one of your favourite pins, I haven't seen it featured on your videos?...
I have this same machine. Picked it up at am amusement machine auction. Everything runs like a dream except there was no sound coming from it at the auction. I figured they just had the volume turned down. Got home and turned the volume up and there's still no sound. Some day Ill find a wiring schematic online and figure it out what's missing/damaged. Until then....its a silent game
TNT Amusements Inc aww maybe I’ll buy one someday in 20 years. They used to have one in Disneyland that I tried in the 90s. They supposedly came out with some new ones a couple years ago for Transformers.
I remember playing a cock pit After Burner at Major Magic's Pizza (formally Show BIz Pizza) in Reading, PA. It cost a DOLLAR which I thought, as a kid, was insane!
+TNT Amusements Inc When you're 10 you don't think about how much these things costed. However, I do admit, like Dragon's Lair on CRT Projection TV, I had never seen anything like it when I first saw one. But, even then, with daddy's quarters, I was a cheapskate. :)
Too time comsuming to take apart...they are molded and glued...so it would be apparent. Its easy to CHANGE one out though, but with the wiring, etc, it would also be easy to spot.
I used to play Star Trek to such a high level - Spock's voice would start to crackle. I'd turn around and 20 people would be watching. lol Could play that game for hours. Of course my first Star Trek game was on a mainframe. My second was one I wrote- I gave option of time travel, and I had to add 5 dimensional arrays for that - The problem was- if a user paused (exited game) at coords X, Y, Z, T1, T2 ? And some OTHER user playing ? would visit those coordinates ? I could never solve for the anomaly of two people in one place - so I didn't finish it. I think the linear temporal model was the problem all along, makes for great movies though?
Todd. Todd Todd Todd. I love your videos, have had a great time at your facility on several occasions, and highly respect what you do for the hobby and industry. So please understand all of that when I tell you, that was the most pathetic, amateur hour game of AfterBurner I've ever seen! To get blown up by the first enemy that takes a shot at you?? Good Lord! It was so bad I had to comment on this two year video. I would type more, but I'll save some for if I see you at my upcoming TNT party next month!
wow, that has got to be a major rush job Sega did with Star Trek because Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan was still on people's mind when the thing came out. no wonder it was poorly constructed. I guess Scotty was major shore leave while that thing was being made.
Well, this was the last game released for this system...and the system was poor from the very first game released. (The GAMES were not poor--graphics nice, sound great, etc)...JUST the electronics!
wouldn't know about Spike :( can't get the channel but did watch it on huffingtonpost (whoever owns Spike owns whatever it is with packages and cable companies are starting to put their foot down so No Spike , comedy channel MTV VH1 (who watches those? ) oh well.. don't watch cable :)
thought I Just watched that game in a movie then you mention the Cockpit version oh duh Terminator 2 :P John's playing the thing. yeah I could see why playing that one would be more fun. :P ua-cam.com/video/X74PvB0aBNY/v-deo.html copied at time
Man Todd I love you but I’m thinking you should stick to PacMan. You didn’t use the After Burners at all. After all the game is called After Burner. Well Game Over!
I just discovered your channel last week and have been watching your videos non-stop. Your passion and knowledge for arcade machines is amazing. Keep up the great work and you've got a new fan.
+BadDudeWill Hi! Glad you like our channel and glad to have you as a subscriber! We do have fun here!
I was able to snag the sit down Deluxe version in perfect working condition this past weekend. I haven't been this excited since I went to Neverland!!!!!!¡
I can't stop watching all your videos... I love when you show all the features in the games, it's so refreshing to see the game in a different way instead of just playing it.
I am so glad you are enjoying the videos...hope you subscribed!
I have After Burner II and love it. I looked for one for years and have the upright one. I loved playing the unique sit down version as a kid. Such a great game. So happy to owe it.
There are some fans for sure!
we had the cockpit version at a bowling center i worked at, and it was a great moneymaker (when working) but was broken more than it was working. (seat motors)
I loved After Burner growing up. One of the arcades in one of the malls in my hometown had the cockpit version. It was expensive to play as it cost a dollar but man was it cool!
Great restoration.
The color television on that AB II is sharp and beautiful.
Afterburner had the best soundtrack ever for any arcade game. If I can remember, it was one of the first (if not the first) game to use two Motorola 68000 processors, hence the huge cost. They really didn't have an accurate console version till almost ten years later.
The Star Trek Cockpit version was so much fun for the day, and it came out right when Khannnnnnnn! came out too! Vector graphics had such a simplistic, yet awesome charm for its time.
My screenwriting professor actually wrote Chris Farley's would-be last movie. The movie had finally been greenlit, and my Professor and his co-writer were eating in a diner in Los Angeles and when they came out, he said it was like a scene out of a movie. He turned on the radio and the announcer immediately said that Chris Farley had died. Ultimately, that movie never got made.
+retroelectrical I am curious to think of what game was the first with two of those 68000. Food Fight was the first to have one of them! Very sad about Farley too...he seemed out of control....the documentary is really very good!
That Afterburner Cab is beautiful!! Wow, it's like a 1986 time warp
+David Serafin Thanks!!
Frank laughing @ 10:40 to Todd's "I don't last too long." nice. Great job guys.
+Paul M Subtle, but effective!
I knew a guy who drove a mail truck in Arkansas. One day he was returning back with an empty truck and he saw an After Burner environmental on the side of the road for garbage. He picked it up and dropped it off at his house. He changed the fuses and it worked!
+Glenn Hoeppner Neat Story! Thanks for sharing!
Never played an After Burner but man it looks like a cool game for that era.
+Riz2336 Maybe you'll find one somewhere!
Dude, the motorized version was insane for the time. I remember playing it as a little kid and It was even old at that time, and it was still incredible to experience.
I played an Afterburner cab that was a large big screen with a cockpit on a platform that could move it back and forward, side to side. I haven't ever seen one since and I was a little kid, it was at the top of a ski lodge type of place maybe in North Dakota.
My arcade in Lancaster, PA had one of these. I must have spent a fortune on it!!!
glad it brought back good memories!
Love After Burner. I have several ports of it on the Genesis, Master System (which is mostly based on AB1 without the throttle controls), the unofficial Tengen port for the NES, and the 3DS version which not only emulates the X hardware, but it also features faux overlays which make it feel like the real arcade version (and the overlays include the original upright, cabaret, the left and right Commander sit-down, and the Deluxe Commander sit-down), in fact, the people who developed the port (M2) even went as far as to record every detailed sound including the Deluxe Commander's cooling fans
+figment1988 Thanks for the trivia!!
Were there no dedicated After Burner II upright cabinets, or were they all After Burner cabinets with a throttle added?
Afterburner..God that is sweet. We had one, and literally got bored, repairing the handle, for the shaker motor.
There was the upright, then the cabaret version you mention. Did you ever see the small cradle version, that rocked left and right?..and then the huge 360 cabinet..that was £2 a play..about $3.50..a 17 coin for a credit!. love the videos.
+gallimead Yes...we had one huge one...bad motor and never got it fixed...sold it to a fellow that came with a large truck to get it for $300.
I love watching these videos (it always makes me reminiscence the arcade alleys in my hometown of Fort Smith, AR) Anyway I got a question. in 3:57 I see the cabaret Asteroids cabinet in the background. Do you have a video of that one in action, and how much would one of those cost?
+Jeremy Lee Potocki We have quite a few Asteroids and Deluxe Asteroids videos on our channel now...including this one! Just go to our channel!
I saw all the other videos with Asteroids, but alas no cabaret version of it. I love the cabaret designs even though I only got to play two arcades in that form a Phoenix and a Berzerk.
great vid. I bought a after burner and it playes great. the only thing missing was the plastic part of the control stick..i rigged up something so I can still play. do you know where I can get a control stick. cant find one anywhere..lol
+Duncan Sharp You're best bet is to keep an eye on Ebay for one to turn up!
Love these videos. It's nice to see the inner workings of these awesome classic games. Do you have any videos on old VS. Red Tent Top systems? They usually had tennis or Super Mario Bros/Excitebike in them.
+DirtyBob6969 Actually, we are selling one we got in that basement find wholesale...for $900.....so if it gets purchased, will make a quick video of it!
+TNT Amusements Inc what type of condition is it in? good bad nightmarish? Please make a vid anyways. Besides I like hearing the back crack sfx. Never gets old... There was one at a local chuck e cheese's back in the day. I was around 11 at the time. Spent a lot of quarters playing Super Mario Bros. Very unique sit-down machine. thanx
Nice
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I got the game AND since sime months the DLX-Cockpit too.
Todd, you always stress to upgrade to LED's to keep voltages low, are there big enough LED's for the two red lights on the of the machine available?
+Hirthirthirt Yes...leds are made now for every configuration!
glad I got to play the cockpit version of it knowing they're mostly gone. I think the arcade charged 50 cents or maybe it was even a WHOLE DOLLAR a play.
Those CREEPS charging an entire DOLLAR to play it!! The movie Theater only charges $1 for a large soft drink, right??
Todd. is there a video showing your private stash of cabs please would love to see them. if you have the video somewhere could you send me a link i would love to see a tour of you home arcade please? i finish work in 3 hours and will wait until then to see it.
+Tony Jefford Here is my Taito cabinets! ua-cam.com/video/O4QPKVtTGJU/v-deo.html
mate you are going to get me fired. i am in work and all i wanna do is watch your friggin great vids. would love to go to an arcade that still had outrun afterburner and spaceharier. all 3 as the moving seats. that is the holy trinity.
+Tony Jefford Don't forget Galaxy Force II
+Ralf Van Bogaert There was also Sega R360, which I think was a G-Loc in a special cab. Ooh, and Thunder Blade.
Yeah i heard of them but never saw then in the wild
The sound is a little different on this one. Is that because it's a conversion of a different box than Tempest?
I noticed no difference...and have sold dozens of them over the years.
TNT Amusements Inc Thanks, but I played Star Trek a thousand times and know the sounds like my own breath. Maybe it's just distorted. When the starbases come up before the level, it is missing some low notes, and the crashes sound more crunchy for instance. You can view your other video for the sounds Im used to - that one sounds perfect. Sure it doesn't matter now, I'm sure you have sold the cabinet by now, was just curious why the sound was different. Maybe just a blown speaker driver or something. Great video BTW.
It was a pretty impressive game for 1988.
Absolutely!
Now I have to sit in my bed to watch your new videos...
+MK Alex Ahhhh! But they may give you nightmares!
Who, Todd? I don't think so... He's like an angel which makes me dream nicely :)
+MK Alex Thanks! And part three of the Pinball Expo is almost finished! Watch for it this week!
+TNT Amusements Inc I will wait impatiently!
Hi, love your videos! Did you use LED bulbs in the afterburner cabinet? I just want to make sure there will be no issues when using LED
we only installed light bulbs...no leds
todd, are there only 5 digits for the coin counter? if so, how do we know that it hasn't gone round multiple times already?
+vibgaming there are 6 digits on pretty much all meters made after 1983....before then, they were 5 digits....Afterburner has 6, for instance!
Hi Todd, do you ever get the Class of 1812 coming through your doors, I've read on the internet that this is one of your favourite pins, I haven't seen it featured on your videos?...
+Bazru We have TWO in the warehouse on layaway (plus my own personal one) so very soon!
I have this same machine. Picked it up at am amusement machine auction. Everything runs like a dream except there was no sound coming from it at the auction. I figured they just had the volume turned down. Got home and turned the volume up and there's still no sound. Some day Ill find a wiring schematic online and figure it out what's missing/damaged. Until then....its a silent game
Do you ever, or have ever, get Sega's R-360? The big motion upside down machine?
Only a few left in the world...I have not seen one in person!
TNT Amusements Inc aww maybe I’ll buy one someday in 20 years. They used to have one in Disneyland that I tried in the 90s. They supposedly came out with some new ones a couple years ago for Transformers.
I dont know the answer to that one
I remember playing a cock pit After Burner at Major Magic's Pizza (formally Show BIz Pizza) in Reading, PA. It cost a DOLLAR which I thought, as a kid, was insane!
+dtown8532 One dollar to play a $20,.000 cockpit machine??
+TNT Amusements Inc When you're 10 you don't think about how much these things costed. However, I do admit, like Dragon's Lair on CRT Projection TV, I had never seen anything like it when I first saw one. But, even then, with daddy's quarters, I was a cheapskate. :)
Any chance these coin counters were reset or did that just ordinarily not happen?
Too time comsuming to take apart...they are molded and glued...so it would be apparent. Its easy to CHANGE one out though, but with the wiring, etc, it would also be easy to spot.
Tempted to buy this on whim heh.
+Tim Miltz its waiting for you!
Another great video Todd! How's that K2 coming along?
+Bo88y Beretta The KI board came in and does not work...we are looking at it now.
"I feel the need. The need for speed." - Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.
classic quote!
TNT Amusements Inc “Top Gun” & “After Burner” both involved the use of the F-14 Tomcat.
In popular culture after burner 2 did appeared in terninator 2 judgement day
In my neck of the woods Afterburner was 50 cents a play :)
+Jeremy Gregorio Most places were when it was released!
What does a standard upright After Burner go for these days, Todd?
Well...collector to collector in the $800 to $1200 range...but retail to a barcade 2K and up...depending on how nice
Never not be holding down the vulcan canon button!!
I am not a good player on this game...Its a neat machine!
I used to play Star Trek to such a high level - Spock's voice would start to crackle.
I'd turn around and 20 people would be watching. lol
Could play that game for hours.
Of course my first Star Trek game was on a mainframe.
My second was one I wrote- I gave option of time travel, and I had to add 5 dimensional arrays for that -
The problem was- if a user paused (exited game) at coords X, Y, Z, T1, T2 ? And some OTHER user playing ? would visit those coordinates ?
I could never solve for the anomaly of two people in one place - so I didn't finish it.
I think the linear temporal model was the problem all along, makes for great movies though?
+Tim Miltz Its here when you want it!
Todd. Todd Todd Todd. I love your videos, have had a great time at your facility on several occasions, and highly respect what you do for the hobby and industry. So please understand all of that when I tell you, that was the most pathetic, amateur hour game of AfterBurner I've ever seen! To get blown up by the first enemy that takes a shot at you?? Good Lord! It was so bad I had to comment on this two year video. I would type more, but I'll save some for if I see you at my upcoming TNT party next month!
If I buy that game will I have a shady guy in dark sunglasses stop by my home once
a week for the Organization's 50% cut?
My arcade in Ohio i go to has this exact Afterburner machine, I played it yesterday and it's really fun
can you not swap the television set for a different one?
+Ninjaroo88 Yes...in many cases.
I live in Philadelphia and i would watch this infomericial when i would get smoked up and it was just as good a "The Wall "
The infomercial was so popular and remembered, it got me into the Broadcasters Pioneers of Phila!
They had the upright at my college in '88. I swear it was set to 50 cents.
+mderoller It probably was! You can set them for pretty much any amount in 25 cent increments.
wow, that has got to be a major rush job Sega did with Star Trek because Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan was still on people's mind when the thing came out. no wonder it was poorly constructed. I guess Scotty was major shore leave while that thing was being made.
Well, this was the last game released for this system...and the system was poor from the very first game released. (The GAMES were not poor--graphics nice, sound great, etc)...JUST the electronics!
that's a sad shame,
How much does this machine cost in 2024?
u a good dude.
Thank you!
There was a game like this but you started pn a runway and was hard to take off
GASOLINE????? You have the watch the episode where they mention "Ion Propulsion". Any "Trekkie" would poke your eyes out. :)
+Shaun Purdy I was trying to see if anyone caught it!
OK OK. Oh by the way there is PBS documentary tonight on Walt Disney Tammy maybe interested in. Its on the show "An American Experience"
+Shaun Purdy Thanks Shaun! I just emailed her at college about the show tonight! :-)
After Burner in Terminator 2
So never play After Burner but it looks like it's so a lot of fun. Consoles or Mame will never beat a classic arcade.
+uniroyalbarrie that's true!
Big Big Fan, Oh Boys That Trek is Looking dickerd Beg my Pard. Tilt it! Boys
Thanks!
wouldn't know about Spike :( can't get the channel but did watch it on huffingtonpost (whoever owns Spike owns whatever it is with packages and cable companies are starting to put their foot down so No Spike , comedy channel MTV VH1 (who watches those? ) oh well.. don't watch cable :)
thought I Just watched that game in a movie then you mention the Cockpit version oh duh Terminator 2 :P John's playing the thing. yeah I could see why playing that one would be more fun. :P ua-cam.com/video/X74PvB0aBNY/v-deo.html copied at time
+Lee Bartholomew Neat clip!
TNT Amusements Inc was just watching it on an old videotape which I guess not even the library will take those anymore :( oh well.
Man Todd I love you but I’m thinking you should stick to PacMan. You didn’t use the After Burners at all. After all the game is called After Burner. Well Game Over!
.....but......