Moonrider
The object of the game is to drive your moon buggy across the moon surface to complete the levels. You must jump over craters and small rocks and shoot the big rocks so you can continue. If that wasn't enough…
Moonrider is a racing developed by Aackosoft, released 31 December 1986 on MSX.
What Moonrider is
Moonrider is a racing game developed by Aackosoft and released in 1986. It is available on MSX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The object of the game is to drive your moon buggy across the moon surface to complete the levels. You must jump over craters and small rocks and shoot the big rocks so you can continue. If that wasn't enough you have aliens above you, one shoots at you, the other throws bombs in front on you. If you get hit by the aliens or fall into a crater or hit one of the rocks you go back to the last restore point that you passed.
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
Moonrider launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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