Play Moon Ranger Online
Aliens are mining the moon to death—literally. As Moon Ranger, you blast through space, raid their bases, and collect gamma bomb parts to stop them. NES action with surprisingly tight controls.
Moon Ranger came out in 1990 for the NES, developed by Bunch Games. It was one of those late-era action platformers that tried to do a little more with the hardware, with a sci-fi theme that felt a bit different from the usual fantasy or military settings. You don't hear about it too often, but it had its own ideas.
You control the Moon Ranger, a lone hero fighting through alien mining installations on the moon. Your goal is to gather pieces of a gamma bomb to destroy the alien operation. You move screen by screen, blasting robots and alien soldiers with your laser pistol, and you can find power-ups that change your shot type. The levels are maze-like, with keycards to find and doors to unlock, which gives it a slight exploratory feel. The pacing is deliberate, and some sections are quite tough, with enemy patterns you have to learn. It feels like a methodical, slightly claustrophobic crawl through hostile territory.
Download Moon Ranger ROM
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