Blue Max (video game)
Blue Max is a scrolling shooter written by Bob Polin for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Synapse Software in 1983. It was released for the Commodore 64 the same year. U.S. Gold published the Commodore 64 version in the UK in 1984 and ported the game to the ZX Spectrum. In 1987, Atari Corporation published Blue Max as a cartridge styled 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 diagonally scrolling terrain. The game is named after the medal Pour le Mérite, informally known as Blue Max. Its theme song is "Rule, Britannia!".
| Blue Max | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Synapse Software |
| Publisher(s) | Synapse Software U.S. Gold Atari Corporation |
| Designer(s) | Bob Polin |
| Programmer(s) | Bob Polin (Atari) Peter Adams (C64) |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1983: Atari, C64 1984: Spectrum 1987: Atari XEGS |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
In 1984, Synapse released a sequel, Blue Max 2001. While the original was well received, the sequel was considered disappointing.