| Moon Alert |
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| Aliases | Moon Alert! |
| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Ocean Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
| Supports | Currah MicroSpeech |
| Original Price | £5.90 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Inspirations | Moon Patrol (Arcade coin-op) from Atari Games Ltd (USA), Irem Corporation (Japan) |
| Average mag. score | 94.50% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 82.3% (87 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Zafi Chip (Spain) | (1984) | as "Moon Alert!: Alarma en la Luna" |
Authors/Contributors
| Ken Farmer (UK) | - ? | ||
| Jon Mayers (UK) | - ? | ||
| F. David Thorpe [Frederick David Thorpe] (UK) | - Load Screen | ||
| Bob Wakelin | - Inlay/Poster Art | ||
| Edward Blair Wilkins (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #6 - 1984/Jul | page 48 |
Credits
| The cover art might be Bob Wakelin's first artwork for Ocean Software (among Gilligan's Gold). He and Edward Blair Wilkins worked in the cover art at the same time. |
Music References
| Includes the following music: R. Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre WWV 86B, act III |
Compilations
| Full version in | Spectrum Load'n'Run v1 issue 11 - Extra | by Magazine Spectrum Load'n'Run - covertape from issue v.1 #11 - 1985/Dec special "Extra" | - titled "Lunar II" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | MoonAlert.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| MoonAlert.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| MoonAlert.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| MoonAlert.gif | 2,334 | Original | Running screen | |||
| MoonAlert.jpg | 322,648 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| MoonAlert_Back.jpg | 141,274 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| MoonAlert.txt | 2,299 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| MoonAlert.png | 108,577 | Original | Game map | |||
| moonalert.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
| Moon Alert (1984)(Ocean Software).pok | 290 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| MoonAlert(MoonAlert-AlarmaEnLaLuna)(ZafiChip)_Front.jpg | 427,543 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| MoonAlert(MoonAlert-AlarmaEnLaLuna)(ZafiChip)_SideA.jpg | 66,444 | #1 | Media scan |
Magazine Reviews
| BiT | issue #12-1992/Sep | page 23 | - Review | |
| Big K | issue #11-1985/Feb | page 17 | - Review: 3/3 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul | page 48 | - Review: 89% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #15-1985/Apr | page 52 | - Review - Crash - Crashback | |
| Sinclair Answers | issue #1-1984/Sep | page 36 | - Review | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1994/Mar special "1994/03-1994/04" | page 9 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Big K | issue #11-1985/Feb | page 66 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85" | page 147 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #40-1987/May | page 65 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 51 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 46 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 60 | - Hack/Poke | |
| MicroHobby | issue #61-1986/Jan | page 31 | - Tips - Micromania | |
| MicroHobby | issue #64-1986/Feb | page 31 | - Tips - Micromania | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #31-1984/Aug/2 special "week#1" | page 36 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #8-1985/Feb/21 special "week#3" | page 39 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #9-1985/Feb/28 special "week#4" | page 34 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #30-1985/Apr | page 30 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 18 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Sinclair User | issue #51-1986/Jun | page 20 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Computer | issue v.6 #1-1986/Jan | page 91 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #11-1985/Feb | page 6 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #12-1985/Mar | page 5 | - Hack/Poke |
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