Blue Max
Blue Max is a video game developed and published by Synapse Software, originally released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. In 1984 it was ported to the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold. in 1987…
Blue Max is an arcade developed by Synapse Software Corporation, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Blue Max is
Blue Max is an arcade game developed by Synapse Software Corporation and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Blue Max is a video game developed and published by Synapse Software, originally released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. In 1984 it was ported to the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold. in 1987 Atari Corp. published it in cartridge form for the then-new Atari XEGS. The player controls a Sopwith Camel biplane during World War I, attempting to shoot down enemy planes and bomb targets on the diagonally scrolling terrain. It has strong similarities to the arcade game Zaxxon. The game is named after the medal Pour le Mérite, informally known as Blue Max. Its theme song is "Rule, Britannia!". In 1984, Synapse released a sequel called Blue Max 2001 with a futuristic sci-fi setting…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Blue Max launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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