Blue Max · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 1983-01-01
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Genres
- Action
- Platforms
- Commodore / Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
60User score · 13 ratings
Blue Max is a video game developed and published by Synapse Software, originally released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. In 1984 it was ported to the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold. in 1987 Atari Corp. published it in cartridge form for the then-new Atari XEGS. The player controls a Sopwith Camel biplane during World War I, attempting to shoot down enemy planes and bomb targets on the diagonally scrolling terrain. It has strong similarities to the arcade game Zaxxon. The game is named after the medal Pour le Mérite, informally known as Blue Max. Its theme song is "Rule, …
- Released
- 1983
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Synapse Software Corporation
- Publisher
- Synapse Software Corporation
Internet Archive
imageivg-smart-max-10k-prefilled-pod-kit-pack-of-5-blue-sour-raspberry-534630
View at Internet Archive →via archive.org
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- publication date
- 1983-01-01
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Connections
Atari 8-bit family
Entity
World War I
Concept
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Berkeley
Entity
source code
Entity
Internet Archive
Entity
ZX Spectrum
Entity
Commodore 64
Entity
single-player video game
Entity
computing platform
Entity
video game developer
Entity
Rule, Britannia!
Entity
Pour le Mérite
Entity
video game genre
Entity
video game publisher
Entity
Sopwith Camel
Entity
shoot 'em up
Entity
video game design
Entity
Ancestry.com Inc.
Company
Computer Gaming World
Entity
Categories
1983 video gamesAtari 8-bit computer gamesCommercial video games with freely available source codeCommodore 64 gamesScrolling shootersSingle-player video gamesSynapse Software gamesU.S. Gold gamesVideo games developed in the United StatesVideo games with oblique graphicsWorld War I video gamesZX Spectrum games