| Blue Max | |
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The C64 version (running under VICE). Player is about to take off. |
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| Developer(s) | Synapse Software |
| Publisher(s) | Synapse Software (Atari and C64), U.S. Gold (Spectrum) |
| Designer(s) | Bob Polin |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit family, ZX Spectrum, C64 |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
Blue Max is a video game from 1983 by Synapse Software, released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers. In 1984 it was released for the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold. In this diagonally-scrolling game, the player controls a Sopwith Camel biplane during World War I, attempting to shoot down enemy planes and bomb targets on the ground.
Its theme song was "Rule, Britannia!".
The game is named after the German order Pour le Mérite, informally known as Blue Max.