Moon Ranger
Encyclopedia
Moon Ranger is an action
video game that was developed by Odyssey Software
and published by Bunch Games. An alien
species has set up a dormant spacecraft
on the Moon
to mine the solar system's resources. As a side note, this will destroy the Earth
.
The player must fly through outer space
, destroying meteor
s and aliens along the way. Then, he must make a perfect landing and enter the first alien base. After fighting his way through and recovering a piece of the gamma
bomb that can destroy the aliens, it is off to the next base for some more gathering and plundering. Gather all the gamma bomb parts to destroy the alien menace.
Action game
Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...
video game that was developed by Odyssey Software
Odyssey Software
Odyssey Software was a computer game developer founded in 1987 in Eastham, Massachusetts by Art V. Cestaro III. The company produced games for the Amiga and the Nintendo Entertainment System .-History:...
and published by Bunch Games. An alien
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
species has set up a dormant spacecraft
Spacecraft
A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo....
on the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
to mine the solar system's resources. As a side note, this will destroy the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
.
The player must fly through outer space
Outer space
Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....
, destroying meteor
METEOR
METEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...
s and aliens along the way. Then, he must make a perfect landing and enter the first alien base. After fighting his way through and recovering a piece of the gamma
Gamma
Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel . Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C and G and the Cyrillic letters Ge Г and Ghe Ґ.-Greek:In Ancient Greek, gamma represented a...
bomb that can destroy the aliens, it is off to the next base for some more gathering and plundering. Gather all the gamma bomb parts to destroy the alien menace.