When did Metal Max Returns come out?

Metal Max Returns was released on 29 October 1995 for Wii and Super Famicom.

Metal Max Returns (1995) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Metal Max Returns

Released in Japan in 1995 it is the SNES remake of original Metal Max. The storyline and the gameplay basics remained unchanged. The remake features enhanced graphics and sound, background pictures for battles…

29 October 1995

What Metal Max Returns is

Metal Max Returns is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Kuusou Kagaku and released in 1995. It was published by Enterbrain. It is available on Wii and Super Famicom.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Released in Japan in 1995 it is the SNES remake of original Metal Max. The storyline and the gameplay basics remained unchanged. The remake features enhanced graphics and sound, background pictures for battles (they were black in the original), slightly different locations (more houses in towns, sometimes different layout of the towns and of the world map), and reduced difficulty levels.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metal Max series

Metal Max Returns is the third of 13 entries we hold in the Metal Max series. It arrived 3 years after Metal Max 2. The next entry was Metal Max 2 Kai in 2003.

See all 13 Metal Max games in release order →

What it launched against

Metal Max Returns launched on 29 October 1995, within three weeks of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical and Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM.

Released around the same time: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM.

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