''Tintin on the Moon'' is a 1987

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loosely based on the '' Destination Moon'' and ''

Explorers on the Moon ''Explorers on the Moon'' (french: link=no, On a marché sur la Lune; literally: ''We walked on the Moon'') is the seventeenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised we ...

'' comic books from ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...

'', the series by Belgian cartoonist

Hergé Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...

. It is a first person

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and the first ''Tintin'' video game.

Summary

This video game was originally made by

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for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to DOS by

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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 to feature the character

Tintin Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to: ''The Adventures of Tintin'' * ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé ** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series ** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...

External links

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