MagMax - Videogame by Nichibutsu

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MagMax

Name: MagMax
Manufacturer: Nichibutsu
Year: 1985
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Nichibutsu
Game Specific: MagMax Pinout

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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MagMax Side Art Image

MagMax Description

A horizontally scrolling right to left shoot-em-up. The game has big bosses at end of levels and play can take place above or below ground. The player ship can be powered-up by collecting robot parts legs, torso, and big gun to turn ship into striding robot.

Nichibutsu, the MagMax maker, released 80 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979.

Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period MagMax was produced include Dangar Ufo Robo, Cop 01, Pastel Gal, Ninja Emaki, Soldier Girl Amazon, Roller Jammer, Tube Panic, Dacholer, Rug Rats, and Nichibutsu Hustler.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Above ground play uses a 2.5-D perspective.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op MagMax Census

There are 7,852 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 6,531 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 103,979 machines (5,043 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this machine owned by MagMax collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for MagMax.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Service Instruction 12 Pages, 1.4 MB File.

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