Trivia / After Burner

• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • After Burner Climax was taken off of Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network due to a license between Sega and Boeing expiring and was later removed from smartphones due to not living up to Sega's expectations.
  • The Nintendo 3DS port was delisted following the closure of the 3DS store in 2023.
• No Export for You:
  • The first game was never released outside of Japan. Although an unlicensed NES port exists for the US market, which was later reworked for an official Japanese Famicom port.
  • Black Falcon has never been released in Japan.
• Referenced by...:
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day: John Connor is playing this game in a mall's arcade, moments before the T-1000 tracks him down.
• Sequel First: Westeners got After Burner II first as opposed to the first game, which was never released outside of Japan. Granted, given that II is more of an Updated Re-release of the first game, Westerners aren't missing too much.