Action Max

Background

The Action Max was a video game console made in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder. It used VHS tapes as the game medium (one of a few consoles during the era to do so, others including the View-Master Interactive Vision and Takara's Video Challenger, the latter of which was introduced in the same year as the Action Max) and featured only light-gun games. Only 5 titles for the Action Max were released in the NTSC format. The system was a sales flop and the units are now considered rare.

Logo (1987-1988)

Visuals: A filmstrip containing clips of various Action Max titles comes down from the top of the screen as a blue ray of light fades in at the bottom of the screen. The Action Max logo, which is "ACTION MAX" in a metallic, futuristic font with the "O" designed after a crosshairs and the lines extending throughout "ACTION", swoops in from bottom of the screen facing upwards and extra depth that shrinks back into the logo, and then rotates towards the camera to face it. A white laser sweeps through the gap and into the "O", creating a burst of light from it. After a second, the Action Max logo zooms towards the screen as the camera fits through the crosshairs, while the filmstrip slides out of view and the light fades out.

Technique: CGI with live-action clips.

Audio: A 1980s synth-guitar pop tune, with a soft "DING!" when the laser hits the "O".

Availability: Seen on all the VHS game titles released for the Action Max, like Sonic Fury and The Rescue of Pops Ghostly.

External Links

• Action Max article on Wikipedia