After Burner Climax

Sega's aerial combat series returns to arcades with After Burner Climax, featuring more than 20 levels of high-flying action. Players can climb into the cockpit of an F-14 Super Tomcat, F-15E Strike Eagle or F/A-19E Super Hornet and race through the skies dodging planes, missiles and bullets while trying to target and take out as many enemies as possible. A branching storyline and time limits force players to make split-second decisions, but when the "Climax Gauge" is full, time slows down for a moment so pilots can fire a screen-filling volley of bullets. The game was discontinued on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in December 2014. The mobile versions followed suit and were discontinued in May 2015. In April 2019, the mobile versions were relisted as free-to-play games with advertising as part of the Sega Forever series, before being delisted again at an unknown date.