is an

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which was developed by

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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. The three-headed mechanical dragon found as a boss character in the game, known as Babylon, strongly resembles Mecha-King Ghidorah from the

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franchise.

Ports

The

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version was published by Nihon Bussan in Japan on March 19, 1986 and by FCI in North America in October 1988. The game was also ported to the

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and released on their Imagine label in 1987. In 2015, an emulated version was released for the

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in the ''

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'' series from

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, and was also released for

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in May 2020.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''MagMax'' on their April 15, 1985 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit at the time.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magmax 1985 video games Amstrad CPC games Arcade Archives games Arcade video games Commodore 64 games Fujisankei Communications International games Hamster Corporation games Horizontally scrolling shooters Imagine Software games Nihon Bussan games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Switch games Ocean Software games PlayStation 4 games PlayStation Network games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Fred Gray Virtual Console games Wii U games ZX Spectrum games