Metal Max (series)
| Metal Max | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Role-playing game, Open world |
| Developers |
Crea-Tech Data East Kuusoukagaku Success Cattle Call |
| Publishers |
Data East Success Enterbrain Kadokawa Games |
| Creators | Hiroshi Miyaoka |
| Artists | Atsuji Yamamoto |
| Composers | Satoshi Kadokura |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Mobile Phone, Virtual Console, Nintendo 3DS, Android, IOS |
| Platform of origin | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Year of inception | 1991 |
| First release |
Metal Max 1991 |
| Latest release |
Metal Max 4: Gekkō no Diva(Main Series), Metal Saga: The Ark of Wastes 2016 |
Metal Max (メタルマックス Metaru Makkusu?) is a Japanese series of turn-based, nonlinear, open world, post-apocalyptic, vehicle combat, role-playing video games dating back to 1991. The series was originally created by video game designer Hiroshi Miyaoka's company Crea-Tech in collaboration with Data East, with the latter being also the publisher of the series. Due to the bankruptcy of Data East and trademark problems, some titles were released by Success co. under the title Metal Saga (メタルサーガ Metaru Sāga?). Since the trademark issue was resolved by Enterbrain, some games in the series has been released under the title Metal Max again.
There have been five Metal Max games and five Metal Saga games, in addition to remakes of several Metal Max titles. Notable installments in the series released for NES, Super NES, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS; the series has had mobile and browser releases as well. Most titles only saw release in Japan, the first Metal Saga being the only console title that was localized for English markets however Metal Max Returns got a fan translation and Metal Max 3 and Metal Max 2 Reloaded fan translations are in progress. Some related manga and soundtracks were also released. The most recent entry to the series was the 2013 Nintendo 3DS game, Metal Max 4: Gekkō no Diva.
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