Game:

Tintin on the Moon (1987)

Category:

Review

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INTRODUCTION:
The first rocket to the Moon is about to be launched from the Atomic Research Centre at Sprodj in Syldavia. On board are Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and the engineer Wolff... The army of technicians make their final checks. The rocket is all set for take-off. Sirens and loudspeakers blare out the signal to evacuate the launch area. The gantry ramps fall slowly aside. Time: 1:29 a.m. The countdown is under way. 5-4-3-2-1. Ignition! In an explosion of flame and smoke, the mighty space ships lifts off the pad, heading for Earth orbit.

REVIEW:
You have to take over the controls of the rocket, and it's your job to take our friends to the moon. You'll have to avoid the meteorites and catch the yellow and red spheres on your way. The yellow spheres stock you up with energy, and you will have to catch 8 red spheres to go over to the next stage.

In the rocket you have to guide Tintin through the various rooms in the rocket. You`ll have to disarm the bombs. put out fires, free your companions and catch that dastardly Colonel Boris! These are the four conditions which have to be fulfilled to go over to the next stage.

The bombs set by Colonel Boris are indicated at the top of the screen. They are transferred one by one from one side to the other side as Tintin defuses them. You have to find the extinguisher and use it on Colonel Boris to capture him. Colonel Boris can capture your friends if he catches up with them, to set them free again you just have to touch them.

Once you have fulfilled the objects in the rocket you have to fly again. There is six flying stages and five rocket stages before the game is completed.

The game is made by the famous Speccy team: David Perry and Nick Bruty and it looks really nice. Technically this game is great but unfortunately the gameplay for this title could be better and lacks variation, which goes for all the 8 bit and 16 bit versions, as they are all identical.

The game played in this video is a special 128k version with AY start menu music added.

The game was published by Infogrames in 1989.

Rating = 84%

This is a AY modded beta disk version made by X-agon and SCL and TRD files can be downloaded here: https://vtrd.in/release.php?r=abc9d0a2d3627fed98325461aa69399a