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Classic Game Room reviews MAGMAX for the NES, a bizarre side scrolling robot space ship shooter where you control MAGMAX, hero of the future who shoots enemies with his laser feet!!
CGR Magmax review has Magmax NES gameplay recorded from NES (Analogue NT Mini) showing Magmax KZbin review gameplay in action.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Mag Max, starring Meb Gidson!

[@RetroCabeza]

"I hope the future is just like this... Next week" Mark Bussler

[@FinalBaton]

Sometimes, a game doesn't need to be super good to be fun. It just happens to have tons of charm and quirkiness, and that keeps you playing, putting a big dumb smile on your face. Enter MAGMAX

[@agentskazzers3482]

I played this game when I was child. It's not bad!! Fun to play.

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

Your videos have such a charm to them. Like 80s and 90s anime and soft drinks that are still made in glass bottles

[@Blueflag04]

but its kinda sad his channel doesnt grow alot

[@Frisket]

Probably because it has an aesthetic that only appeals to us.

[@DrLeePercussion]

Yes it's true I find many many youtube gamer vlogs very annoying and so obviously desperate for likes and subs NOT THIS GUY!.

[@Germandemza]

I remember as a kid, watching Mad Max the movie (which I thought was somehow related to this game) and going "wtf? but where is the giant robot? this is bullshit".

[@falsehero2001]

This is why we love CGR.

[@Schimnesthai]

"There's something threatening about robot seahorses"

[@madmanxmedia7063]

This game was the second game I actually ever owned on nes. I remember my mom bout 2 games. I had to choose one and the other went to my brother. I chose mag max because of that awesome cover.

[@hdestotallyunoriginalgamin3555]

I remember my folks presenting me with a copy of this game for my crusty old ZX Spectrum back in the day. It was INSANELY hard. And that version had a bug whereby you could load the game up and it wouldn't put any enemy sprites on screen. Which turned it into little more than a leisurely walk.

[@flmalegre]

This definitely was my favorite game as a wee babby, and to my two year old mind the main character has always looked like a steam iron.

[@Snakeashes1]

I remember renting this from the video store as a kid. The weekend belonged to Mag. I had no idea what the game was called. Thanks for the video and stay awesome.

[@the80sresistance20]

Fun review, it really does have some of the best cover art of the NES era. I think it could have made for a cool Xbox Arcade remake back in the (more)recent days. I ts very easy for me to see Magmax presented with Omega Five- esque graphics.

[@jaketreibel44]

Possibly the best CGR review ever

[@kevindudley9617]

I remember a friend getting this as a birthday gift back in the day and I was the only one who liked it. Very funny review!

[@Champsterz]

played this game as a kid. was awesome.

[@racerxgundam]

for all its short comings...there is certain amount of charm to the game. Label art is insane dope

[@evilash570]

I used to play the heck out of the arcade version! Superfun

[@jakdex2210]

You gotta play the Arcade version Mark, you'll love it.

[@iPlaySEGA]

Never heard of this one, but it looks like a fun game and i WANT THAT POSTER!!

[@Philnemba]

Love playing this when I was a kid :D

[@paxhumana2015]

The Magmax cover art is everything in the 1980s in a nutshell. Also, it is surprisingly good, if not near perfect, port of a 16-bit arcade game, and it was also made for a system that only had existed for three years. Let me say that again, it is an 8-bit game that looks and sounds like a 16-bit game. I also remember having fun playing this game as a child on my cousin's NES (I never got a copy of it for my own, strangely enough) one day for hours on end and then I watched an episode of Spenser for Hire (I was a weird kid with a surprisingly grown up taste, that, and anime was not really a thing in western Tennessee) after I was done taking turns with my cousin on that game and R.C. Pro-Am I.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

dude that artwork is clearly inspired by the Gundam Rx-79 look at its red toe feet and shield design with an eyeslot lol.

[@Playongo]

I used to play that game all the time.

[@Ecfotografy]

Omfg, I have been looking for this...fooooooorever

[@Randomark3087]

This is one of those games you buy, because the cover looks cool. Then you play it, and you're like "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

[@Horzuhammer]

Yeah but you go "wtf" with a smile! At least I did.

[@Vriess123]

Yeah I wasted a game purchase on this, sigh

[@Randomark3087]

Tod Harris Same hee...

[@infinitygenealpa]

@@Vriess123piss off

[@infinitygenealpa]

You only go WTF if your taste in games is boring.

[@swoll1980]

it's like megazoid xevious and zaxxon had a baby.

[@CadillacVideos]

So crazy! Was just playing this!!!

[@kompuglobalhypermega]

OK, now I am truly jealous of your collection. That poster is so cool.

[@KarpowSCX]

Funny that you mentioned Mad Max because Mag Max always made me think about Mad Max. :-D

[@DarthCuda]

I loved playing this game when I was younger but forgot it's name. Thank You!

[@TwentySeven1337]

Mark, I love that you said "Monster Zero" instead of King Ghidorah.

[@FreyOdyssey]

I loved this game in my childhood. Never got far though, I had only had it in one of these bootleg 99 NES in one GBA game cardidges

[@jannolsen4999]

I used to love this but had it on the Amstrad CPC

[@gamerguy425]

I'm glad you reviewed this one because I found it kind of ....ehhh.... and there were no dang reviews I could find on it at the time god that was already like 5 years ago!!!

[@MrIrrepressible]

Who else remembers seeing the magmax poster advert in marvel comics in the 80s

[@spottheturtle9568]

I only remember this because a friend of mine asked his dad for a Mad Max game and got this instead. Lol, he was so pissed.

[@santisven]

I feel the exact same way about this game!

[@MrFixer1983]

I played this game allot back in the day, it was on a pirate multi card game.

[@mo_musashi_284]

I need a Magmax tee.

[@populatethemoon]

That logo looks real suss. Looks exactly like a Gundam.

[@paxhumana2015]

Is that necessarily a bad thing, PopulateTheMoon?

[@Horzuhammer]

Oh man it had been a looong time since I had tried Magmax before watching this vid. Since it I've been playing it a lot again. Wish I had a Laser Hasselblad.

[@wewyllenium]

i bought that game because of the art!!! Damn it!. It does not end!!!

[@timespacedub]

haha, I played this so much back in the day. I think my dad must've gotten it from a bargain bin for me

[@TheArmchairEmpire]

The only thing this robot is missing are butt lasers.

[@whitecastle323]

it's Karnage time!

[@KorieG]

Hey Mark, this review had me laughing out loud several times! Great video man!

[@ExtraZero]

This was a game I used to rent all the time as a kid! Been struggling to remember the name for the last 20 years--no joke! Thanks for reviewing this Mark! I have to hunt it down.

[@josephwallace5649]

I remember a different song playing for some reason

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Man, I wish owned a laser Hasselblad :(

[@theodorerelic2718]

I remember renting this game back around 1990 at a mom n' pop in Russell KY; pretty fun...wait a minnit, do I have Mag Max? looks at list-nope actually that was Mad Max NES. I think I would prefer Mag Max!

[@Guns7469]

TAM PAX!!!!

[@dawildrydahx]

Awesome classic :)

[@ArcadePlayersTV]

nice

[@jamescarrington6504]

Love the MagMax electronic voice

[@Zycyzyx]

Seeing MagMax and Mad Max side by side at the video rental always confused me, enough so that I never rented either.

[@schtive81]

Does this mean MAG MAX will get it's own CGR comic?

[@artemisDev]

I had more fond memories of it, well should not have googled it up after ages.

[@CaptainRufus]

It's almost like Terra Cresta except side scrolling ish.

[@soterioncoil2163]

Her Sir Mark! I been seein' Mag Max the poster on your fine wall always in your fine videos. I used to rent this game from Pop-In-Go Video back in the good old days! Been wondering when you'd review it! Must've been staring you in the face too? Jolly good show! p.s. Be Kind Rewind. xD

[@DragonGrafx-16]

There's actually an end to the first level? lol

[@argedismun2]

you get to fight magmax in abodox. the boss before the last level

[@rush1er]

...He's got le-egs.. and he knows how to use them!"

[@rpgymas7736]

Back CGR on Patreon for ad-free, early access, extended Hyper Reviews at? like crapcome does good boy

[@infinitygenealpa]

Yawn another CGR hater.

[@TheL1arL1ar]

But weren't the things in xevious invulnerable?

[@annradwan2070]

I've had this game since it came out. and was wondering when someone was going to do a review on this weird unusual gem.

[@richardwieder885]

I had to try very hard to remember the name of this game. This was God awful hard. It's hard to keep the full form throughout the game.

[@tharob]

I rented this from pic a flic and never returned it. I'm a rebel....

[@Progearspec]

Magmax isn't even in the same league as the autobots :p

[@chip5541]

I use to play this in the arcades

[@metalslugxx]

a support from Porto Portugal....awesome

[@antoniokralj842]

Ok for shooter from early nes, but it would be way better if you were 3 head metal dragon....

[@saturngamer1997]

I used to play the game on the arcades... It looked and sounded better.

[@bodomite]

Dude I remember this!!!

[@sykodjiuia]

Magmax is my biggest story of buying a disappointing game new upon its release. It was a lot of money for me back then. I took a chance on it, and it sucked. It was repetitive within an hour, and didn't have replay value. That it's largely forgotten now is no surprise. A relief maybe. Though why should I feel ashamed now?

[@infinitygenealpa]

Your taste in games must be boring if you think this game sucks. I’m sure Jeremy Parrish would approve of your biasedness.

[@TheL1arL1ar]

Yesterday I was watching this review on my ps4 while doing some bicep curls and in the beginning when you were talking about his parts with the robot sound then went to vacuum was fucking funny.

[@CanadianZangief]

wow it's not to often you hear a good review for magmax lol

[@xenos_n.]

I am so envious of that Magmax poster. I grew up playing this.

[@tookeydookey]

I remember watching this video when it came out, and thanks to Mark, it made me want it instantly! That was some of the best $5.99 I ever spent! Still have it and just played it last year for the first time in a while. I seriously want that poster, it kicks serious butt! I agree, I would rather the future to be like the poster LOL😆😉👌

[@thespiralmatrix]

great game, great vid. Keep rocking the fucking world Mark!

[@josephwallace5649]

Oh ok maybe same song but speed up

[@tannerrennat7786]

Radical

[@MatthewMetanoia]

I played the crap out of this as a kid. That music is nostalgic overload

[@denim8932]

can you do a review of the saturn port of sotn?

[@TheRetroRenegade]

Why do you now have two Atari 7800s? More importantly, why am I even bothering asking? I should know better than that at this point..

[@Rodrigo.Guti77]

atari when??

[@Djclyve]

I beg to differ- the Atari game snnnnake had superior cover art

[@DinobotTM2]

I owned this one. it has a special place in my childhood memories

[@spartonberry]

I'm fine with Terra Cresta which feels like a top-down version of the game (since it was made by the same company, Nichibutsu).

[@MusicDiscoveryNet]

Magdmax xD

[@professor_peculiar619]

I'm guessing that this game isn't as good as truxton

[@lyrand6408]

Madmagmax should then be released for the Sega Genesis, or the Sega Saturn. Actually, the Saturn is a 2D powerhouse, let's wish it for both then. And a version for the Vectrex, of course.

[@darktetsuya]

magmax is infinitely better with mark's digitized robot voice. :P someone get him on as part of an HD remake of magmax! fun shooter I had it on NES back in the day!

[@Michirin9801]

I think this game is a really good example of "Cool" doesn't equal "Good" You can enjoy something for being cool even if it isn't good, but well, when it comes down to it, it just isn't good >w>

[@infinitygenealpa]

I don’t know what drugs you’re taking.

[@atranfanatic]

Not a bad game, has a lot going on. I need to dust it off and give it another go.

[@stevin47]

just found a old copy in my closet

[@mr.s9783]

So what Mark is basically saying is that he has a foot laser fetish?

[@SeekerLancer]

When I was a kid I wanted this game so bad because the artwork made it look so awesome. It was kind of disappointing once I finally played it. I mean it's not the worst game by a long shot, just mediocre.

[@Flamingcanuck00]

Second

[@dickhuntz6962]

I want to be you.

[@SamusKerrigan]

to me this was a robot maid walking an invisible dog, very ugly game lol