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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.

Lunar Rescue was produced by Taito in 1979.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Lunar Rescue was produced include: Space Wipeout, Wall Block, Trampoline, Top Bowler, Super Speed Race V, Ball Park, Ball Park II, Field Goal, Galaxy Rescue, and Galaxy Wars

Specs

Name	Lunar Rescue
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8466
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Lunar Rescue Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: 1 - Fire/Thrust Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail

Video Clips

Lunar Rescue shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Lunar Rescue KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.87 (6 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.87

Overall Like	4.40
Fun (Social)	3.67
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	4.60

Technical Rating: 4.45

Gameplay	4.40
Graphics	4.60
Originality	4.20
Sound/Music	4.60

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

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/Coin-Op Lunar Rescue Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 27 known instances of this machine owned by Lunar Rescue collectors who are active members. Of these, 19 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 6 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 a Lunar Rescue machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active 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 5 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

Taito Taitronics T.V. Series

1980 / 8 Pages

Technical

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

Manuals

Parts Catalog - Lunar Rescue Manual — **Parts Catalog**
(20 pages, 1.3 MB File)

Service Instructions - Lunar Rescue Manual — **Service Instructions**
(20 pages, 1.23 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (a1b8573208adc3d5b832a6a1caceb543)

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