Max Payne
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle…
Max Payne is a shooter developed by Remedy Entertainment, released 23 July 2001 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It currently starts at $3.49 at Steam. This page lists 3 cheat codes for it.
What Max Payne is
Max Payne is a shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment and released in 2001. It was published by 3D Realms. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MAX-FX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In December 2001, as New York City is enduring the tail end of the worst snow blizzard in the history of the city, Max Payne, a renegade DEA agent and former NYPD detective, is standing at the top of a skyscraper with a sniper rifle in his hands, smiling, as police units arrive on the scene to arrest him. He then experiences flashbacks from three years ago and the last two days he experienced. Three years earlier, on August 22nd 1998, Max was working as a regular NYPD detective, having just finished his day's work. His longtime friend and DEA agent, Alex Balder, invites him to transfer into the DEA, but Max declines the offer, wanting to focus on his full-time life with his wife, Michelle…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Max Payne series
Max Payne is the first of 7 entries we hold in the Max Payne series. The next entry was Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne in 2003. Its critic score of 74 is 5 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Max Payne 3 at 89.
How it was received
Max Payne holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.9 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.49, that works out to about $0.32 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 450MHz AMD / Intel Processor, 96 MB RAM (128 MB RAM or greater recommended) and 16MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.49 at Steam, 65% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Max Payne launched on 23 July 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Golden Sun, Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Virtua Fighter 4. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Golden Sun, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Virtua Fighter 4.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 3 cheat entries for Max Payne — 3 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Max Payne cheat codes
Enable the console
Added to the launch shortcut, this enables the in-game console.
Right-click the shortcut, choose Properties, and add the flag after the exe path.
All weapons
Gives every weapon with ammunition.
Open the console with the tilde key after launching with -developer.
Invulnerability
You stop taking damage. Use mortal 1 to turn it off.
Open the console and type the command.
Dlc
Remakes
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