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Moon Quasar

ムーン・クエーサー
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Description

Aliens swarm at the top of the screen, swooping down on your spacecraft. Your craft begins with three segments, one deployed at a time and after a few levels, you will attempt to refuel and dock the segments together. A successful dock gives you more firepower for the upcoming levels.

Moon Quasar was produced by Nichibutsu in 1980.

Nichibutsu released 94 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Nichibutsu was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period Moon Quasar was produced include: Galaxian Part X, Rolling Crash, Moon Base, Moon Tracker, Moon Alien Part II, Moon Cresta, Moon Alien, Moon Alpha, and Moon Raker

Moon Quasar
Moon Quasar

Specs

Name Moon Quasar
Developer Nichibutsu (Japan)
Year 1980
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8748
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire/Thrust
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This game is just like Moon Cresta except there is also a "refueling" stage.

Game Play

Unlike Moon Cresta, rocket number one in Moon Quasar can fire multiple shots at once, but only when it is flying solo. Once it is docked with another ship rocket one can only fire one shot at a time. In Quasar you can also run out of fuel if you take too long to get through a stage, unlike Cresta where there are no limitations on fuel.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Moon Quasar Census

There are 15,324 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,694 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,205 machines (7,011 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Moon Quasar collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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