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Lunar Rescue

Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1979
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Monitor:

Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Buttons: 1 [Fire/Thrust]
Joystick: 2-way (left, right)

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Lunar Rescue Description

Player controls a lunar lander module that must navigate through a field of asteroids to the bottom of the screen, rescue an astronaut by landing on a plateau, and travel back up to the top through a swarm of flying saucers.

Conversion

Uses hardware similar (or identical) to Taito's Space Invaders and supposedly a ROM swap will convert one game to the other.

Miscellaneous

After an anton pillar summons was issued by Taito, Lunar Rescue was licensed to Video Games U.K Ltd.

VAPS Arcade Census

There are 7,003 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,025 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,382 machines (3,803 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Lunar Rescue collectors who are members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 VAPS members with Lunar Rescue machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Wanted - There are 3 VAPS members currently looking for Lunar Rescue.

This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. [More Information]

Technical

The graphics are essentially monochrome with a separate circuit that gives color to rectangular sections of the display.

Manuals

Parts Catalog 20 Pages, 1259 KB File.

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Lunar Rescue

1. 1979 TAITO LUNAR RESCUE VIDEO FLYER MINT
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