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Lunar Rescue (ルナレスキュー)

Released in 1980

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(1 total votes)

Manufacturer: Taito
Developer: Taito
Distributor: Taito

Mame ROM Info
lrescue, Lunar Rescue

Display
Raster
Orientation
Vertical
Resolution
224 x 256
Colors
7, Color Overlay
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Space
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
'Lunar Rescue' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Land a lunar craft on a platform, collect a stranded astronaut, then return it safely to its ship.

Hardware Info

8080 cpu @ 2 Mhz
* Samples audio

* Information was extracted from Mame, so "Samples audio" may indicate the game has analog sound hardware.

Hardware Platform: Midway 8080 b/w

Game Details

You control a lunar landing vehicle that is dropped from its mothership and must land on one of the platforms at the bottom of the screen while avoiding the objects in its path. Once the craft has safely landed, it collects a stranded astronaut from the surface, then it must then travel back up to the ship, shooting back at the spaceships in its way.

The game is black and white with different zones of colors (noticeable when the lunar craft moves around the screen and changes color). Up to two alternating players can compete.

Black and white with plastic color overlays.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by kk. Comment: "Not a bad use of the Space Invaders hardware. Multi-phase gameplay makes things a little less boring than Space Invaders, but not much." (2003-02-23 08:40:16Z)

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'Lunar Rescue' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Lunar Rescue' title screen
title screen
'Lunar Rescue' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Lunar Rescue' control panel
control panel
'Lunar Rescue' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

Old Taito 3 board set pinouts
Submitted by John Keay These pinouts are not 100% complete, but there is enough info for an upright JAMMA conversion. There is an upright/cocktail pin somewhere and 2P left/right/fire buttons are still unidentified. The HALT pin was the one that had me going for a while. I couldn't get the game to run at all outside the cocktail harness until I wired this sucker low. Lunar Rescue ('80) Space Invaders (late '70s) Solder Sound Board Parts ===============
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/taito3pinouts.html - 2 K - Updated 2000.01.19
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/lunar_rescue.txt
Lunar Rescue, Space Invaders Old Taito 3 board set ===================== Solder Sound Board Parts ============================================= GND | A | 1 | GND GND | B | 2 | GND GND | C | 3 | GND Speaker | D | 4 | Speaker +12V | E | 5 | +12V KEY | F | 6 | KEY (audio amp?) +18V | H | 7 | Not Used (tied to H?
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/lunar_rescue.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/lunrresc.txt
LUNAR RESCUE AUDIO BOARD ROM BOARD COMP SIDE CKT SIDE COMP SIDE ----------- -------------- --------- 1 GND A GND 1 +5V 2 GND B GND 2 +5V 3 GND C GND 3 +12V 4 AUDIO 1 D AUDIO 2 4 +12V 5
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/lunrresc.txt - 1 K - Updated 1996.03.08
Taito Board ID List
If you have info for this Taito Board ID list, please submit to this site. Submitted by Unknown V1.9 May 19,1998 Sorted By ROM Number ==================== Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes ------------- ------------ ---- ----- 21J Double Dragon A03 Water Ski A14 - A22 Sea Fighter Poseidon A24 M4300018A Birdie King (198?)
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-taito boards.html - 12 K - Updated 2002.04.16
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971 'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972 'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973 'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973 'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973 'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973 'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973 'H','R','B','
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt - 17 K - Updated 1999.07.10
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/taito_boardlist.txt
Taito Board ID List V5.0 Mar 28, 2001 Sorted By ROM Number ==================== Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes ------------- ------------ ---- ----- ?? M6100130A Nunchackun 067 M6100654A Xexex Konami 352898B 1-13 M6100047A Ninjakun (1984) (UPL84003A) 1-17 M6100168A SRD Mission (1986) CVG-48C 1-17 M6100213A Darkmist (1
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/taito_boardlist.txt - 25 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls
Sheet3 Sheet2 Sheet1 _0000年不明 _1971_1975 _1976_1978 _1979 _1980 _1981 _1982 _1983 _1983_1 _1983_1 _1984 _1985 _1986 _1987 _1988 _1989 _1990 _1991 _1992 _1993 _1994 _1995 _1996 _1997 _1998 _1999 _2000 FoxVideoGames/Taito Hyper Olympic (UK) Vastar パチフィーバー 三機電子 バッグマン Stern/Taito Bad Lands バトルクルーザーM-12 ハリウッド バンポリン Hammer Car ピタゴラスの大占術 Pitchman ピット Pit&Run ファイアーフォックス FightingRoller Phozon ブラスター Pro Soccer プロフィーバー Professor Pacman プロボウリング ベビーパックマン Bally Pole
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls - 434 K - Updated 2002.09.24
A Random Games-list
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Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 48 K - Updated 2002.06.10
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The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-bronzeagebyyear.html - 30 K - Updated 1999.10.29

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