MagMax

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Magmax
MagMax Flyer.png
Arcade flyer
Developer(s) Nichibutsu
Ocean Software (C64)
Publisher(s) Nichibutsu
FCI
Imagine Software
Platform(s) Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC
ReleaseArcade
Famicom/NES
  • JP: March 19, 1986 [2]
  • NA: October 1988 [3]
    1987: C64, Spectrum
Genre(s) Scrolling shooter

MagMax [a] is a 1985 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. [4] It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, releasing in Japan on March 19, 1986 [2] and by FCI in North America in October 1988. The game was also ported to the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC by Ocean Software and released on their Imagine label in 1987.

Contents

The three-headed mechanical dragon found as a boss character in the game, known as Babylon, strongly resembles Mecha-King Ghidorah from the Godzilla franchise. Hamster Corporation acquired the rights to the game alongside Nichibutsu's intellectual property. They released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the PlayStation 4 in 2015 and Nintendo Switch in 2020. [5] [6]

Gameplay

Players control the titular spaceship in an attempt to completely construct the ship into a giant robot and to destroy any enemies attempting to stop it. The ship must avoid various obstacles while shooting enemies on a 3D field. After a successful transformation into the robot, the ship gains increased mobility, while the gameplay becomes that of a typical horizontal scrolling shooter.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed MagMax on their April 15, 1985 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit at the time. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: マグマックス, Hepburn: Magumakkusu

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)]. Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 127. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  2. 1 2 "マグマックス (FC)の関連情報 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com.
  3. ↑ "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "MagMax". Killer List of Videogames. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Doolan, Liam (May 8, 2020). "Hamster's Latest Retro Offering For Switch Is The Horizontal Shooter Magmax". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ "MagMax". Hamster Corporation. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 23, August 1987
  8. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 258. Amusement Press, Inc. April 15, 1985. p. 19.
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