6.6 /10 1 Votes
Initial release date 1986 Publishers Nihon Bussan | 3.3/5 Emuparadise Genre Shoot 'em up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade game, PlayStation 4, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC Developers Nihon Bussan, Ocean Software Similar Nihon Bussan games, Shoot 'em up games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MagMax (マグマックス, Magumakkusu) is an arcade game which was developed by Nihon Bussan and released in 1985 under its brand Nichibutsu. A horizontal scrolling shooter, players control the title hover ship in an attempt to completely construct the ship into a giant robot and to destroy any enemies attempting to stop it.
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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.
Magmax arcade inv
Versions and ports
The Nintendo Entertainment System version was published by Nihon Bussan in Japan on March 18, 1986 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.
In 2015, an emulated version was released for the PlayStation 4 in the Arcade Archives series.
