Moonsweeper

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Description

In Moonsweeper your goal is to rescue miners from the moons in Star Quadrant Jupiter. You begin your mission in space where you must avoid deadly aurora flares, photon torches, and space bullets from the sun in this quadrant. From time to time, you will see a moon pass by, and by flying near it you can descend to the surface. As you sweep along the surface, you will see stranded miners which need to be rescued by flying over them. Also on the moon's surface are various obstacles which must be avoided or destroyed, such as towers and lunar satellites as well as alien surface destroyers. Should you survive and rescue six miners (the maximum your ship can carry), then you may take off from the surface by using the accelerator rings. There are several different types of moons found in this quadrant, each with a different level of difficulty. To help out, your ship is equipped with photon torpedoes and shields (though you will lose points while using the shield).

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User Reviews

Moons! Action! Design flaws!

Atari 2600

Jeff Hazen (119)

Critic Reviews

TeleMatch	ColecoVision	Feb, 1984	1 out of 6	100
TeleMatch	Atari 2600	Feb, 1984	1 out of 6	100
The Atari Times	Atari 2600	Oct 03, 2007	90 out of 100	90
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games	Atari 2600	Nov, 1983	3.5 out of 4	88
JoyStik	Atari 2600	Dec, 1983		80
Woodgrain Wonderland	Atari 2600	Jul 17, 2017	B	75
All Game Guide	ColecoVision	1998		70
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Feb 15, 2008	B-	67

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Trivia

Cancelled Intellivision version

This game was listed in the Fathom manual but the Intellivision version was never released.