For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the left; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the right; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the left; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
I used to play this game all the time when I was younger. I never finished the game but I did make it to the city once. I was so shocked that I made it there that I wasn't looking where I was going and crashed into a tall building. I never did see that city again. By the way G means gun so when you get it your machine gun doesn't work as well. M gives you limited movement so its harder to control the plane. Thanks for making this video. Its nice to see games again from my childhood.
F stands for Flaps. G stands for Landing Gear. M stands for Motor damage. B could stand for Bomb Hatch could be damaged. i dont understand how you dont know what any of these stands for, its easy.
This was one of the games that was most desired in the family, but unfortunately we never got it :)
Good to see it finally being played. Are all those tanks targets? I think it's kinda neat that the targets are procedurally generated, but not if the stupid things are impossible to hit! :)
Nice commentary. I used to play this game twenty years ago, but I'm pretty sure I never noticed the primary targets. Brings back memories, but also makes it pretty clear that I'm not missing out on anything by not playing this one again :-)
I loved this game, unfortunately I had to play it on a black and white TV. Which of course means that I couldn't see the flashing targets and so I never understood the game completely. A neat trick when you get an "F" is to get as high as possible while you still have fuel, and sometimes you can glide long enough to make it to a runway. I had to do it three times in one particular run!
i loved this game. had know idea about the flashing targets, but still beat it four times. i always thought the Red Baron would come out at some point.
The author of this video made the mistake to fire an targets that aren't marked. If you do this too much, the game assumes that you play just for a maximum of points, and will eventually remove the blue highlichted targets, so that you can never "win" the game. I was only able to finish it when I was exclusively targetting the highlighted enemies!
I believe the "M" means motor or engine failure. IRC, when you get it, you can't fly steadily and it makes it a bit difficult to aim (as you can't maintain specific altitude). And the "G" must mean a slight malfunction in your guns, you can still shoot, but your fire rate will drop. I might be wrong, because I haven't played this in ages.
I tried almost everything, but still can't find it to download and play on pc ..... help, anyone?
cinciausmezica 7 months ago
i used to love this game
guts777bzrk1 9 months ago
I can't remember how many hours, make that days, of my life I spent playing this game. It was really good. Thanks for the video!
ekw77 11 months ago
i had a game called "blue max 2000". talk about obscure.
dizerner 1 year ago
One of the rare games where the intro song was better on the Atari 8 bit machines...
One of the best games, I almost finished it, but not quite back in the day. It was really long to reach the end.
AtariAndre42 1 year ago
obscure?? This was teh shit back then
vomitilias 1 year ago
Just to hear those sounds again made me smile.
Thanks for the nostalgic flashback!
carlwelden 1 year ago
I played this on the spectrum ,one of my top favorite games.
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For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the left; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
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For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the right; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
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For the first primary target first here, you should fly on the left; you can actually steer the plane vs playfield by flying in the extreme left or right. For bombing you should slow down, The repairs don't take too long, and white planes are on your side when they fly over, so you can stay on the runway as long as it takes.
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I used to play this game all the time when I was younger. I never finished the game but I did make it to the city once. I was so shocked that I made it there that I wasn't looking where I was going and crashed into a tall building. I never did see that city again. By the way G means gun so when you get it your machine gun doesn't work as well. M gives you limited movement so its harder to control the plane. Thanks for making this video. Its nice to see games again from my childhood.
nicotinaddict 2 years ago
génial!
PanacheDom 2 years ago
one of the best games on the c64 I loved to fly under the bridges.
werwennnichtich1975 2 years ago
you can do that???
I LOVE THIS GAME, play it still :)
heinen888 2 years ago
Nice vid, good commentary. I played this game too. Iirc i was not very good (much worse than the poster:)
I think i had an illegal copy (tape) bought from a friend of a friend. For me that was the OBSCURE part, lol. Very mysterious process in those days;)
maxqubit 2 years ago
'Much worse than poster' i take that back. Cause i just saw another playthru of Blue Max and saw the ending part. I remember now i did that too.
Ah well, i was an average (but fanatic) gamer back then and i'm still now (average and fanatic that is;)
maxqubit 2 years ago
If you pull hard to the right (or was it left?) of the screen, isn't there a "secret" area? I forget the exact location.
tjriver 2 years ago
This isn't actually obscure :)
tsuihark 2 years ago
F stands for Flaps. G stands for Landing Gear. M stands for Motor damage. B could stand for Bomb Hatch could be damaged. i dont understand how you dont know what any of these stands for, its easy.
Databamse 2 years ago
i had this game !
i've never loved any ather game as this one !!!
it was amazing ! very innovative !
sailorgrillo 2 years ago
This was one of the games that was most desired in the family, but unfortunately we never got it :)
Good to see it finally being played. Are all those tanks targets? I think it's kinda neat that the targets are procedurally generated, but not if the stupid things are impossible to hit! :)
nutherefurlong 2 years ago
Yes,you can strafe the tanks.
It feels great doing that,but you usually don´t survive very long. :-)
esathegreat 2 years ago
are u napoleon dynamites brother?
davedave84 3 years ago
you should fly under the bridge..i remember that it was possible..
bartosx 3 years ago
Nice commentary. I used to play this game twenty years ago, but I'm pretty sure I never noticed the primary targets. Brings back memories, but also makes it pretty clear that I'm not missing out on anything by not playing this one again :-)
SexJones 3 years ago
Do you remember the damage model? I wonder if M might mean machinegun... or maybe G? Or is that landing gear? Now I have to look this up somewhere...
nutherefurlong 2 years ago
Too much talk dude.
Heavy bad bombing and u didn t even finish the game.
Haven t u ever bombed the 3 temples at the end of the game ?
Then u become BLUE MAX or FLYING TIGER probably.
JLennonOno 3 years ago
I loved this game, unfortunately I had to play it on a black and white TV. Which of course means that I couldn't see the flashing targets and so I never understood the game completely. A neat trick when you get an "F" is to get as high as possible while you still have fuel, and sometimes you can glide long enough to make it to a runway. I had to do it three times in one particular run!
NardolTheElf 3 years ago
Those were the days!
MysteryDude08 3 years ago
Thanks for posting, this game brings back memories!
I remember, quite often, landing to refuel and a plane would come and bomb me.
UrLookinPale 3 years ago
I remember playing this one quite a bit, but couldn't remember the name until now. Good video.
Torlan47 3 years ago
i loved this game. had know idea about the flashing targets, but still beat it four times. i always thought the Red Baron would come out at some point.
snakedoctor1972 3 years ago
Great game, this and Spy Hunter were my first games on the C=64. Got quite far in it too.
sargothas 3 years ago
The author of this video made the mistake to fire an targets that aren't marked. If you do this too much, the game assumes that you play just for a maximum of points, and will eventually remove the blue highlichted targets, so that you can never "win" the game. I was only able to finish it when I was exclusively targetting the highlighted enemies!
jnbloss 3 years ago
used to play this
aribenzane 3 years ago
Wow, this is a pretty good game.
UnbeknownstThing 4 years ago
WOW i have not seen this game since aprox' 1983 or 1984. thanks for posting
glacierfish 4 years ago
From what I have seen...
"B" means Bomb Bays - 50% chance of failure on dropping a bomb when the "bomb motion" is performed.
"F" means Fuel Tank - Doubles Fuel consumption.
"G" means Machine Guns - Halves firing rate of your guns.
"M" means Maneuverability - Your left and right movement speeds are halved.
MercenaryCobra1 4 years ago 8
I believe the "M" means motor or engine failure. IRC, when you get it, you can't fly steadily and it makes it a bit difficult to aim (as you can't maintain specific altitude). And the "G" must mean a slight malfunction in your guns, you can still shoot, but your fire rate will drop. I might be wrong, because I haven't played this in ages.
Bustaaja 4 years ago