Action Max
1987 video game console
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The Action Max is a home video game console using VHS tapes for games.[1][2] It was manufactured in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder.[3][2] The system had a limited release outside the U.S.
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 Action Max with light gun | |
| Manufacturer | Worlds of Wonder |
|---|---|
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Third generation |
| Released | 1987 |
| Media | VHS tape |
| CPU | HD401010 |
| Display | 2 character, 7 segment LED score display |
Gameplay
The Action Max system requires the player to also have a VCR,[4] as the console has no way to play the requisite VHS tapes itself. Using light guns, players shoot at the screen.[2] The gaming is strictly point-based and dependent on shot accuracy, and as a result, players can't truly win or lose a game. The system's post-launch appeal was limited by this and by the fact that the only real genre on the system were light gun games that played exactly the same way every time,[2] leading to its quick market decline.[5]
Games
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Five VHS cassettes were released for the system:
- .38 Ambush Alley, a police target range
- Blue Thunder, based on the eponymous 1983 motion picture
- Hydrosub: 2021, a futuristic underwater voyage
- The Rescue of Pops Ghostly, a comic haunted-house adventure
- Sonic Fury, aerial combat, bundled with the system
Technical specifications
See also
- Control-Vision, a prototypical VHS video game console
- View-Master Interactive Vision, another VHS-based console