Atari 800 Blue Max (Synapse Software)

[MrAlanNZ]

This Game was really cool

When you got to the City you had to bomb the coloured buildings in the middle.

If you did you would then go on to land and win the game.

This game has a couple of bugs though.

The first enemy plane that flew past just before you take off, you can't shoot down,

If you get over 1000 points before you first landing you always got bombed.

And the big one. Try bombing your own Hanger and watch the game crash.

Apart from that, all done in a computer with 64k of ram.

:-)

[christschinwon]

The city you came to near the end wasn't very 1940's but exciting to reach as it was a gruelling game - no lives, you crashed & that was it. My favourite was shooting vehicles crossing bridges, particularly ambulances! Das eich nich mine krumenwagen

[TheClaudinho2010]

I loved it in my Atari 400 (32KB)!!! :D

[MrPayback]

I remember the game would screw up if you bombed the building next to the refueling runway. Colors would go all crazy and stuff.

[GravityChile]

@MrPayback I thought i was the only man on earth remember this stuff...!! ahaha.

[mcrazza]

I loved Blue Max! I got pretty far into the game. IIRC in later levels you fly through cities but it was difficult to navigate. You had to fly as high as you could or else or would slam into the high rise buildings.

Someone needs to upload footage of the later levels. I want to see the end of the game! lol

[Regenwurmbaendiger]

in the middle 80´s one of my most wanted!

[KetilsGEEKTV]

Fantastic game! :-)

[morfes]

Thanks for the memories, used to play this a lot when a kid.

[pdromero09]

Awesome game like all the other Synapse titles!

[oguzesener]

what a great game it was;I remember playing it for hours and hours without having a break :))

[krantzbucks]

This was a game I always coveted but never got. Like a cross of Zaxxon and River Raid in world war I

[Mainsail76]

This is the first time I've seen this since 1986! My friend had it on his computer,  and it was always my favorite game. For some reason, I could never land, so I'd run out of fuel.

[KCJazzKeys]

I loved this game. I used to hate getting bombed while refuling. How rude! lol

[Mandude1986]

He's really machine gun happy, I just relied on bombing buildings and bridges.

[cyberzonie]

This was one of my favorite games on the 800!

[bowman2061]

i played that on a C64. Played only a few times long enough to reach the city at the end

[ofdiscordia]

You knew you were getting a good game if it had Synapse on it

[nyyterp]

A classic game, one of my top ten Atari 8-bit favorites of all time. As with many Synapse games of the day, they knew how to utilize many of the great features of the Atari. The graphics, sound and music here are tops.

Although you just just one pilot, if you played it strategically (okay, sometimes it was the luck of the draw), completing the game was relatively easy.

It still has a very high replay value today for me. My favorite part is the final bombing run as it took exact timing.

[reverendcutterx]

'83. The year I learned the word 'Strafe'.

[bules72]

Anyone have an idea where I can buy this? Is it available in a joystick,  like some commodore games are?

[christschinwon]

Ahead of its time & very addictive, especially as you only had one life. I remember that if you bombed too harshly, an enemy plane would get you while you refuelled, & my favourite bit apart entering the city was to strafe the vehicles going over bridges. Sometimes it was an ambulance!

[sergeu78]

I think this game about modern war.

[preonline]

I like the video but I wanted to hear the theme music.

[omunozf]

Buen juego el blue max loco, hasta llegaba a soñar con este avioncito culiao....great game, i even used to dream with this fucking plane. :):):)

[nWoHiTmEn316]

atari rules!!!!

[peterfaj]

this game looks pretty good for an atari game. I played some atari games when I was younger.

[CoolMcFlash]

Try to bomb your own HQ and see what happen ;))

[GreekGuy9999]

I remember the screen became all jacked up when you did this. Guess HQ was pretty pissed.

[deweymcmoo]

you just took me back 20years if not more!!!

[jamescropley]

this game was the best ever

[lesandallyssa]

I would play this game for hours!

[jtno2]

One of my favorite Atari 800 games of all-time! Top 5 - 5) All Infocom text adventures, 4) Blue Max, 3) Star Raiders, 2) Ultima III, and 1) Legionnaire.

[stephenleal01]

This game was also one of my all time favs!

[JK47Tubing]

I loved this game. Played it for hours.....

[Al99New]

I still LOVE this soooo much ^_^

[thyzzie]

I remember this game from the good'ol Commodore 64..

[kbandressen]

Hahaha, just dug this game out again and can sympathize with you on the runway bombing.

[jjnature]

Thanks for posting this! Great memories for me too. This game went pretty far, too. Also Blue Max 2001 was also good. IIRC At first bm2001 seemed worse but farther on it showed to be a worthy successor.

[odislaw]

there was PANTHER also, reseble to this game..

[mrhurra]

In Germany this game was not allowed because it was too brutal.Yeah, someone understand German laws...

[enantiodromia]

Blue Max and Bruce Less were perhaps the best two games on the Atari 800. Archon and Mail Order Monsters was up there though :)

[roomshay100]

that game looks crap

[merlyandres]

free-game-downloads.mosw. com

[MrHeli]

Haha, the ending is hilarious! Games just aren't allowed to treat the player so unfairly these days.

[bluenote71]

It was all about bombing the school bus.

[steveasat2]

Sweet! I always got suckered into bombing things right and left and usually wound up flying straight into a factory.  Man, I miss playing games with a proper joystick.

[lashutterbug]

Absolutely it needs a remake. This was the retro-Zaxxon of its day.

[tunachunks]

I had this game, i was so excited when i bought it.Brillaint memories

[timewaster72]

Blue max had great sound effects and playability. Blowing up tanks was great and bombing stuff like bridges was fun too but was a bit tricky.

[randyrat]

Damn! I completely forgot about this one! Thanks for posting it!

[nyyterp]

Blue Max would be one of my top ten games written for the Atari 8-bit. The graphics/sound were great and game play very smooth and had a high replay value. Didn't like the "2001" follow-up. The game play was bad and not as intuitive.

The trick to avoid being bombed by enemy planes when you're on the runway is to begin landing about halfway before the hangar appears. They won't touch you. If you land too late, you won't have enough take-off space. Takes some practice, but that's the key.

[horsie111]

Well played. Hated getting bombed on the runway like that. Same with Blue Max 2000 which I played a lot more.