Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Zaxxon · 1984

Blue Max: 2001

Published by SynSoft

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Zaxxon
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo
Programmer(s): Polin, Bob
Sound: Wolosenko, Ihor
Year: 1984
Publisher: SynSoft
Country: United Kingdom
License: Commercial
Medium: Tape, Disk
Rarity: 7 (Tape), 7 (Disk)

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 4.4/10 · Votes: 55 · Downloads: 2,810 · Hits: 33,774

Additional Comments

Missing original disk image!

Screenshots (4)

Blue Max: 2001 — screenshot 1

Blue Max: 2001 — screenshot 2

Blue Max: 2001 — screenshot 3

Blue Max: 2001 — screenshot 4

Cover Art (4)

Tape 1

Tape 2

Disk 1

Disk 2

Comments (2)

Greg B. — 9 Oct 2010
To be brief, this sequel is as horrible as the original game was great. A tremendous letdown at the time...
eppy2000 — 7 Oct 2007
This was a disappointing follow-up to the superlative original. Having it take place in the future is a nice idea, but the game is so hard to play! It's like knowing how to drive on one side of the road all your life and then be expected to do the opposite. Nearly all of the diagonal shoot 'em ups like Zaxxon and the original Blue Max play the similarly. But this doesn't, and it makes steering a task in trying to shoot enemies and bomb targets. This has nowhere the repeat play value of its predecessor. In fact, I never can get through a full game of Blue Max 2001 because of the difficulty factor and my interest level.