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In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 29 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 22.4 out of 30, as shown below.
Metal Max sold 150,000 copies in Japan.
For Metal Max Returns, more than 170 thousand copies of this game were sold at a price of 12,800 yen per copy (the equivalent of US$165).
A Game Boy Advance port of Metal Max Returns, called Metal Max Returns Kai, was later announced by Now Production for 2003 but was never released commercially.
While Metal Max Returns was never released in the West, a full fan translation was released by Aeon Genesis in 2007.
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