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Moon War Moon War - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Moon War - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Flying over the moon's surface you must shoot 16 different targets, each having its own point value. You must enter all the uniquely numbered bases. After using your shields, you must find a refueling base.

Moon War was produced by Stern Electronics in 1981.

Stern Electronics released 67 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Stern Electronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Moon War was produced include: Ali, Astro Invader, Berzerk, Nine Ball, Star Gazer, Lightning, Armored Car, Freefall, Split Second, and Iron Maiden

Specs

Name Moon War
Developer Stern Electronics (United States)
Year 1981
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8752
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
Game Specific Moon War Pinout
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Roller (left, right only)
  • Buttons: 4 - Fire MissileWarp DriveShieldsHyper Flip
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Moon War Control Panel Image

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Images

Cabinet Information

This game was a conversion for other Stern games such as Scramble.

Miscellaneous

The flyer for this game shows a young girl bending over the game with a caption saying "The ultimate moon shot".

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Moon War Census

There are 15,174 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,343 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Moon War collectors who are active members. Of these, 9 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Moon War.

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.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

Technical

The roms for the game are marked "Moon War II"

Manuals

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright (172ae9799a02b30173b4ec5aa28d567a)

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