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Moon Shuttle

Description

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

Specs

Name	Moon Shuttle
Developer	Nichibutsu (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8751
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
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	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Moon Shuttle Bezel Image

Video Clips

Moon Shuttle and all the Taito Cabarets

Game Play

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.

Moon Shuttle KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.78 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.75

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	5.00

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

Miscellaneous

The game was licensed to Taito for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Moon Shuttle 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 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.

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

Flyers

Technical

Power, video, and sound wiring match Crazy Climber.

Manuals

Manual - Moon Shuttle Manual — **Manual**
(23 pages, 2.2 MB File)

Service Instruction - Moon Shuttle Manual — **Service Instruction**
(23 pages, 0.79 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 106; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 106; Color photo

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