Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome them, as Max, still alive in the desert, wanders on to places unknown. "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" was the first "Mad Max" film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983 while location scouting for the film. While the film was in development before Kennedy's death, director George Miller was hesitant to continue without his producing partner. "I was reluctant to go ahead," said Miller. "And then there was a sort of need to – let's do something just to get over the shock and grief of all of that." A title card at
Mad Max (2015 video game) "Rage", and "Borderlands" since most of those games were inspired by the original "Mad Max". The company said that the game's vehicular combat posed a challenge because of their inexperience with that type of game. The car customization system was designed to increase the game's fun factor and give players more freedom. The game's world was inspired by the "Just Cause" series, which features large sandboxes for players to explore. Avalanche Studios CEO Christofer Sundberg hoped that players would compare "Mad Max"s desert setting to the western setting of "Red Dead Redemption". The game world is scaled according to gameplay