Review by dandyboy on 12 Jun 2013 (Rating: 5)
Shameful how I had forgotten this gem !!
A deserved classic from an early epoch where every game was full of mistery and magic !!
Blue Max is a true legend !!
The warfare atmosphere seems supreme !! The graphics are cool and varied ...
No complain about this one !! Wonderful memories !!
4,5 out of 5 for me ...
Review by MIC on 15 Sep 2014 (Rating: 4)
This game, although quite a simple one, has a certain degree of addiction to it.
The player controls an airplane, which is able to maneuver up, down, left and right in an isometric corridor, shoot the front gun and drop bombs (by pressing DOWN and FIRE simultaneously). Score points are rewarded for destroying objects - tanks, buildings, boats, cars, another airplanes in the air or landed, either by the front gun or by bombs.
The airplane starts on a runway and needs to gather certain speed (100) before it can take off; the player also must land again on such runways regularly to refill the fuel, bombs and to repair the plane.
If hit by a tank, one of four key airplane parts (F, M, B, G) starts malfunctioning - the gun (G) or the bomb (B) mechanism occasionally jams and cannot be used for a few seconds, the fuel (F) tank leaks or the maneuverability (M) worsens - the controls start to react sloppy. The damage can be repaired at the next runway and it is quite necessary to do so, as if all the parts are done for and the plane gets another hit, it goes down.
Besides of that, crushing into things (a building, a tree, the land, another airplane etc.) also takes the plane down immediately, as well as premature attempt to get off the runway without reaching proper speed first, or running out of fuel. Occasionally the plane can also be taken out when landed on a runway by a bomb from an enemy airplane!
Overall I'd say this game is really entertaining for some time, when you get the hang of it.
