Moon War - Videogame by Stern Electronics

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Moon War

Name: Moon War
Developer: Stern Electronics

Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Konami Classic
Game Specific: Moon War Pinout

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: 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

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Moon War Control Panel Image

Moon War 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 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

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

Cabinet Information

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

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

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 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 16 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 8 of these machines are owned by our active Moon War collectors. And of these, 5 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 2 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Moon War machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Moon War.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Technical

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

Manuals

Moon War KonamiStern PCB Schematics 4 Pages, 1.3 MB File.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Moon War Flyer #654

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