Moon Quasar
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Description
Aliens swarm at the top of the screen, swooping down on your spacecraft. Your craft begins with three segments, one deployed at a time and after a few levels, you will attempt to refuel and dock the segments together. A successful dock gives you more firepower for the upcoming levels.
Moon Quasar was produced by Nichibutsu in 1980.
Nichibutsu released 93 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Nichibutsu was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period Moon Quasar was produced include: Galaxian Part X, Rolling Crash, Moon Base, Moon Tracker, Moon Alien Part II, Moon Cresta, Moon Alien, Moon Alpha, and Moon Raker
Specs
| Name | Moon Quasar |
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| Developer | Nichibutsu (Japan) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 8748 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Introduction
This game is just like Moon Cresta except there is also a "refueling" stage.
Game Play
Unlike Moon Cresta, rocket number one in Moon Quasar can fire multiple shots at once, but only when it is flying solo. Once it is docked with another ship rocket one can only fire one shot at a time. In Quasar you can also run out of fuel if you take too long to get through a stage, unlike Cresta where there are no limitations on fuel.
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Moon Quasar 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).
Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Moon Quasar collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Flyers
1980
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1980
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1980
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