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Latest revision as of 20:09, 8 October 2023

M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 cover
Developers
FlatCat
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows June 26, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi
Series M.A.X.
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 on HowLongToBeat
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 on MobyGames
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 on Wikipedia
M.A.X.
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 1996
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 1998

M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view RTS game in the M.A.X. series.

General information

Mechanized Assault & eXploration Reloaded - A fan site dedicated to a remake of M.A.X.
Russian Maxclub - Another fan site for M.A.X. (Russian only)
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Updated for compatibility with modern systems. Comes bundled with M.A.X.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/756810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/756810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 570 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 5 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References