Moon Ranger
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Description
The player drives a moon buggy jumping over craters, rocks and landmines, while jumping over obstacles and shooting aliens above and dodging their missiles. Features very catchy background music and cute bouncing tires when the buggy is destroyed. Foreground and background terrain scroll at different rates giving the illusion of depth.
Moon Ranger was produced by Unknown in 1982.
Unknown released 776 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1700. Unknown was based in United States.
Other machines made by Unknown during the time period Moon Ranger was produced include: Polybius, Super Heli, Pop-Man, Paint Roller, NewPuc2, Amigo, Cook Race, Cotocoto Cottong, Gallag, and Locomotion
Specs
| Name | Moon Ranger |
|---|---|
| Developer | Unknown (United States) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 8750 |
| Class | Bootleg |
| Genre | Platform |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Irem |
| Game Specific | Moon Ranger Pinout |
| Dipswitch Settings | |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Play
59 seconds is the fastest time possible to reach checkpoints E, J, O, T, or Z. The game keeps track of the best times to reach these points. If you complete the Beginner's Course, the second course is called the Champion or Expert Course which repeats after successful completion. Mastering speed control and simultaneous use of jump/fire buttons will give you the edge you need to master the game.
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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs
TRICK: You have a better chance of hitting a UFO directly above if you jump while firing rapidly. This will compress your shots, making it harder for a UFO to slip through the space between bullets.
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Miscellaneous
BOOTLEG OF: Moon Patrol
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Moon Ranger Census
There are 14,753 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Moon Ranger collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Moon Ranger circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 5 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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