Lost In Translation/Mag Max

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Mag Max
Manufacturer	Nichibutsu
Released	1985
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 8.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 2.500 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono (3x) AY-3-8910A (@ 1.250 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 256 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	30 ROMs 222,976 bytes (217.75 KiB)
MAME ID	magmax

About The Game

Mag Max is an horizontally scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up in which a single player takes control of a hovership and must battle their way through an enemy-packed level; moving both above and below ground during the course of a level.

At various points the player will come across robot parts, either a torso or a pair of legs. Collecting these will eventually see the player's hovership become a towering robot, vastly increasing available firepower in the process.

Trivia

Released in July 1985.

Some enemies from Nichibutsu's earlier game "Seicross" also appear as enemies in Mag Max.

Default highscore table (BEST 5)

Rank	Score	Name
1	68000	MACINTOSH
2	56000	MADMAX
3	44000	MACADAMIA-
4	32000	NUTS
5	20000	MANGETSU

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Mag Max flyer.

Ports

Original artwork for the Imagine port of Mag Max.

Consoles

Nintendo Famicom (1988)

Computers

Amstrad CPC (1986)

Commodore C64 (1987)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	D28B-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	25P5-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	Cassette version.
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	C22B-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	Vinyl version.
The Best Of Fred Gray	CZCD 023	2007-07-13	Binary Zone Interactive	CD version.
Arcade Ambiance 1986	N/A	2004-08-27	Andy Hofle	Digital download only.

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Mag Max at the World of Spectrum

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.