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Moon

Set on the Earth’s moon in the mid-21st century, in Moon, players take on the role of Major Kane. Chief of Military Operations for the Extra Terrestrial Encounter Organization (ETEO), you and your team have…

77 13 February 2009

Moon is an adventure developed by Renegade Kid, released 13 February 2009 on Nintendo DS.

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What Moon is

Moon is an adventure game developed by Renegade Kid and released in 2009. It was published by Mastiff. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set on the Earth’s moon in the mid-21st century, in Moon, players take on the role of Major Kane. Chief of Military Operations for the Extra Terrestrial Encounter Organization (ETEO), you and your team have been brought in to investigate a series of strange happenings. Ever since the Roswell incident it has been clear that Earth has been visited by other beings, now a hundred years later it would seem that something similar may be happening on the moon. Contact with a distant lunar outpost was lost shortly after they reported discovery of a ‘hatch’ of alien origin during a routine excavation. What follows could be the next giant leap forward for mankind, but just what are we stepping into?…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Moon holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Moon launched on 13 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

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When did Moon come out?
Moon was released on 13 February 2009 for Nintendo DS.

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