Would you believe they put a 'toon on the moon?

Touching down in 1989, Infogrames' Tintin on the Moon was the foremost video game inspired by Herge's Adventures of Tintin. It's a playable amalgamation of two comic books plucked from the Belgian cartoonist's perennially popular franchise; Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon. In the multi-format, multi-genre action game, we play as the eponymous reporter, the self-evident goal being to reach the moon. Initially, this challenges us to navigate through an asteroid field from a third-person perspective. Then, inside the rocket, switching to a platform-style arrangement, we're required to extinguish fires lit by the nefarious Captain Jurgen, defuse his planted bombs and release our captive friends. Deactivating the gravity adds much-needed nuance, enabling free-floating access to awkwardly placed explosives.

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