Your space ship on the left side of the horizontally scrolling screen dodges and shoots at asteroids, hostile ships and the like.
Moon Shuttle was produced by Nichibutsu in 1981.
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 Shuttle was produced include: Moon Alien Part II, Moon Alpha, Moon Cresta, Moon Quasar, Moon Raker, Frisky Tom, Star Attack, Space Fighter X, Constella, and Radical Radial
Name | Moon Shuttle |
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Developer | Nichibutsu (Japan) |
Year | 1981 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8751 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Moon Shuttle Pinout |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Bezel | Moon Shuttle Bezel Image |
Another variation of a Scramble-type game. Your ship flies to the right while the screen scrolls left and you shoot or dodge whatever comes at you.
Overall Like |
5.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 5.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 5.00 |
Collector Desire | 4.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 5.00 |
Originality | 4.00 |
Sound/Music | 5.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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The game was licensed to Taito for US manufacture and distribution.
There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).
Common - There are 26 known instances of this machine owned by Moon Shuttle collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 5 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 Moon Shuttle machine for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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Power, video, and sound wiring match Crazy Climber.
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