MagMax

MagMax (マグマックス, Magumakkusu) is an arcade video game which was developed by Nihon Bussan and released in 1985 under its brand Nichibutsu.^[4] 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.

Magmax
NES box cover
Developer(s)	Nihon Bussan Ocean Software (C64)
Publisher(s)	Nichibutsu FCI Imagine Software
Platform(s)	Arcade, NES, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC
Release	Arcade JP: 1985 NA: May 1985[1] Famicom/NES JP: March 19, 1986[2] NA: October 1988[3] 1987: C64, Spectrum
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter

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.

Ports

The Nintendo Entertainment System version was published by Nihon Bussan in Japan on March 19, 1986^[5] 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 from Hamster Corporation,^[6] and was also released for Nintendo Switch in May 2020.^[7]

Reception

Award

Publication	Award
Amstrad Action	Mastergame[8]

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.^[9]