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| Tintin on the Moon | |
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 MS-DOS Title screen | |
| Developer(s) | Probe Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
| Programmer(s) |
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| Composer(s) | Jeroen Tel (Commodore 64) |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1987 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Tintin on the Moon is a 1987 video game loosely based on the Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon comic books from The Adventures of Tintin, the series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is a first person shoot 'em up/side scroller and the first Tintin video game.
Summary
This video game was originally made by Infogrames for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to DOS by Probe Entertainment in 1989. The game's storyline is based loosely on the plot of the Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon comics from the series. The object of the game is to land on the Moon, while avoiding asteroids and thwarting enemies within the rocket.
Tintin on the Moon was the first PC game based on The Adventures of Tintin. A Master System version was announced, but never released.
References
- "Tintin on the Moon". Computer And Video Games Magazine. No. 97. December 1989. p. 87.
- "Delays". Sega Pro. No. 9. Paragon Publishing. July 1992. p. 9.
External links
- Tintin on the Moon at MobyGames
- Tintin on the Moon at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Tintin on the Moon at the Internet Archive
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- Amiga games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Atari ST games
- Cancelled Master System games
- Commodore 64 games
- DOS games
- ZX Spectrum games
- 1987 video games
- Infogrames games
- Video games based on Tintin
- Video games scored by Jeroen Tel
- Video games developed in France
- Video games set on the Moon
- Single-player video games
- Action game stubs
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