Lunar Leeper
In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or…
Lunar Leeper is an arcade, released 31 December 1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore VIC-20.
What Lunar Leeper is
Lunar Leeper was released in 1981. It was published by Sierra On-Line. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore VIC-20.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up by your ship.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Lunar Leeper launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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