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Destination Earth Destination Earth - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

The 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.

Destination Earth was produced by Unknown in 1979.

Unknown released 775 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 Destination Earth was produced include: Astrologic, Super Invaders, Space War Part Three, Alien Invasion Part II, S. Joao, Defend The Terra Attack On The Red UFO, Galaxian Turbo, IPM Invader, Solar Fight, and Star Wars (1979)

Specs

Name Destination Earth
Developer Unknown (United States)
Year 1979
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7567
Class Bootleg
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: 2 - Thrust/Fire
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

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Miscellaneous

BOOTLEG OF: Lunar Rescue

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Destination Earth 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).

Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.

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

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

Technical

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

CPU: 8080
SOUND: SN76477 and samples

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