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Metal Max

Metal Max is a 1991 vehicle combat role-playing video game developed by Crea-Tech and published by Data East for the Nintendo Famicom exclusively in Japan on May 24, 1991 and later re-released on the Wii…

24 June 1991

Metal Max is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Crea-Tech, released 24 June 1991 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii and Family Computer.

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What Metal Max is

Metal Max is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Crea-Tech and released in 1991. It was published by Data East. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii and Family Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Metal Max is a 1991 vehicle combat role-playing video game developed by Crea-Tech and published by Data East for the Nintendo Famicom exclusively in Japan on May 24, 1991 and later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on April 27, 2010. It is the first of the Metal Max series. Metal Max is set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world, where the surviving humans cluster in underground villages and ruins while "monster hunters" fight the monsters and outlaws outside.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Metal Max series

Metal Max is the first of 13 entries we hold in the Metal Max series. The next entry was Metal Max 2 in 1993.

See all 13 Metal Max games in release order →

What it launched against

Metal Max launched on 24 June 1991, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog and Bomberman II.

Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog, Bomberman II.

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When did Metal Max come out?
Metal Max was released on 24 June 1991 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii and Family Computer.

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