Tintin on the Moon
Tintin on the Moon (Tintin Sur La Lune) is a video game published by Infogrames. It is 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.
Tintin on the Moon
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- 1987
- Genre
- action game
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Tintin on the Moon (Tintin Sur La Lune) is a video game published by Infogrames. It is 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.
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• Title — Tintin on the Moon • Developer — Probe Entertainment • Publisher — Infogrames • Composer — Jeroen Tel (C64) • Released — 1987 1989 • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
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This video game was originally made by Infogrames for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to DOS by Probe Entertainment in 1989.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.
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- 1.Tintin on the Moon. Computer And Video Games Magazine. 97. 87. December 1989.
- 2.Paragon Publishing. Delays. Sega Pro. 9. July 1992.
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