After Burner III

"Strike Fighter" redirects here. For the aircraft, see Strike fighter.

After Burner III is a video game released for the FM Towns home computer in Japan and later ported to the Sega CD in Japan, Europe and North America. It is the third game in the After Burner series, and a port of Strike Fighter, a game released for Japanese arcades, itself a sequel to G-LOC: Air Battle.

After Burner III
North American Sega CD box art
Developer(s)	CRI
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	After Burner
Platform(s)	Arcade, FM Towns, Sega CD
Release	Arcade JP: June 1991 FM Towns JP: 1992 Sega CD JP: December 18, 1992 EU: August 1993 NA: 1993
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

The basic controls are the same as previous games in the series but this time the player has access to unlimited missiles.^[1]

Reception

Mega Action gave a review score of 48% praising the arcade style graphics and sound, the game intro and the option to change the gameplay camera. They criticized the gameplay lacking plot, detail and playability.^[2]