A post-apocalyptic Famicom J-RPG with customizable tanks. Open world, original combat, real narrative freedom. Little known outside Japan but absolutely remarkable. A misunderstood masterpiece.
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Post-apocalyptic RPG in which tank pilots cross the devastated world battling mutants. Published by Data East, released in Japan in 1991. Tank exploration in a post-apocalyptic world, turn-based combat and tank customization. An original post-apocalyptic Takeru RPG on Famicom.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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A 1991 Data East Famicom RPG, Japan-exclusive, root of the Metal Max / Metal Saga line built around customisable tank combat in a post-apocalyptic setting. The Japanese cart has become actively pursued abroad via the series' modern Switch revival. Intact boxed CIB with cardboard sleeve and manual climbs steadily, sustained by physical scarcity and the absence of any historical Western localisation.
Is Metal Max still worth playing in 2026?
Metal Max is a post-apocalyptic Famicom JRPG with customisable tanks that radically departs from Enix and Square standards. A genuinely open narrative world, original combat mixing human crews and vehicles, monster bounties to hunt, Crea-Tech's title offers near-sandbox freedom for 1991. Overlooked outside Japan but truly remarkable, the game founds a still-active saga. An underrated masterpiece to discover via fan translation today.
