Reduce speed for a quick turn and you run the risk of the enemy getting the drop on you or, worse, causing an engine stall.
The faster you go the less maneuverable you are, as it takes more time to complete a turn. Left stick is speed and side-to-side motion, right stick controls your orientation. The controls are easy once you figure them out (more on that in a moment). Your only non-renewable resource is the “health” of your jet take too much damage or crash and it’s back to the reload screen, which is only a minor annoyance since the game keeps track of your progress in each mission and allows you to restart the mission from the beginning or from a checkpoint.
You never have to worry about fuel or ammo guns and missiles replenish themselves and booster rockets endlessly recharge after a few seconds. The game takes care of the rest.Īfterburner isn’t a jet flight sim, but more of a cousin to the classic arcade games like 1941 and Zaxxon, though in a 3D space, not a side-scroller. The logistical nightmare of keeping a plane in flight is removed in favor of just controlling how fast you move as you try to keep your weapons pointed at the bad guys. Oh, the graphics in Sky Gamblers – Afterburner are better, sure-there are certainly more and colorful blocks on the screen-but the experience is simple and unchanged. I’ve been playing aerial dogfight games since Atari’s Combat, and the thing that amazes me is how much they don’t change.
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