Tintin on the Moon

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Description

Hergé's famous cartoon character is brought to life in this multi-stage action game, specifically based around the episode of the same name. In many details the story was similar to the real moon landings, then many years off.

A more accurate title for the game would be 'Tintin Gets to the Moon', as reaching it is your challenge. The game is split into two distinct types of sections; the first of these involves guiding the rocket through space. Steer it to avoid contact with asteroids, and to collect eight red spheres. Yellow spheres boost energy, and so should be collected.

This is followed by a platform-based battle, as the evil Captain Jurgen has tied up several crew members, planted time bombs, and started several fires. Use your extinguisher on Jurgen and the fires, and touch the bombs and crew members to solve those problems. Turn gravity off to reach the more troublesome bombs.

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Alternate Titles

• "Tintin Sur La Lune" -- French title
• "Tintin En La Luna" -- Spanish title
• "Tim Und Struppi Auf Dem Mond" -- German title
• "Tim & Struppi auf dem Mond" -- Alternate german title spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Inspiration: Comics
• Setting: Earth's Moon
• Tintin licensees

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Critic Reviews

Zero	Amiga	Nov, 1989	85 out of 100	85
Zero	Atari ST	Nov, 1989	84 out of 100	84
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Dec, 1989	79 out of 100	79
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1990	78 out of 100	78
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Dec, 1989	70 out of 100	70
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Atari ST	Nov, 1989	675 out of 1000	68
The One	Atari ST	Nov, 1989	66 out of 100	66
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Mar, 1990	64 out of 100	64
Amiga Action	Amiga	Dec, 1989	63 out of 100	63
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Dec, 1989	7.4 out of 12	62

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Trivia

Loosely based on the Tintin comic books - "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" created by Hergé (Georges Remi). The comics first appeared in "Tintin magazine", newspapers from 1950 to 1952 and was quite advanced, in fact, 17 years before the actual Moon landing in 1969 by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins! For the comic (later used in the game), Hergé had a scaled model of the rocket made including detailed interior and approved by a scientific expert.