Tin Tin On The Moon (lost unreleased SEGA Master System port of home computer game; 1992-1993)

Cover art for the Amstrad CPC version.

Status: Lost

Tin Tin On The Moon was a game published by Virgin Games that was released on many home computers such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC, and the ZX Spectrum. A SEGA Master System conversion was to be released sometime in September 1992 by the company "Teeny Weeny Games", but was pushed to 1993 due to SEGA's concerns with the quality of the game. However, the game was quietly cancelled. The game itself like its other versions is likely based on the Tin Tin books Tin Tin: Destination Moon and Tin Tin: Explorers on the Moon.

SEGA Power magazine issue No. 30 has a section on the game on the 12th page, featuring screenshots and descriptions. SEGAPro magazine issue No. 6 has a much more detailed description of the game as well as the development process on its 22nd page, detailing that the port had apparently been worked on by now former coder Angela Sutherland, who worked on Game Boy ports for Xenon and Choplifter. The French gaming magazine Joypad's 9th issue stated that the game was scheduled for release in July-August of 1992. The French gaming magazine Consoles + covered the game twice in the 7th and 10th issues both in 1992. The French magazine SuperSonic 's first issue has a small snippet, announcing the game was set to release in September of that year.

Gameplay

Assuming the game would have been a direct port of any of the other versions, the player would have controlled the titular Tin Tin character, as he explores an army base on the moon avoiding enemies and rescuing his allies. Presumably, this port of the game would have had downgrades in the quality of the graphics and audio to the system's limitations. As stated before, SEGA was concerned about the game's overall quality, meaning that the game would have likely played very poorly compared to other conversions.

Status

Other than screenshots from several magazines, no other material for it has surfaced.

Gallery

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  SEGA Power coverage in issue No. 30, featuring low-quality screenshots.

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  SEGAPro coverage No. 6 featuring higher-quality screenshots and very detailed descriptions.

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  Joypad stating that the game was set to release in July-August of 1992 (French)

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  Consoles + snippet coverage in issue No. 7 (French)

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  Consoles + coverage in issue No. 10 (French)

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  SuperSonic snippet in issue No. 1 (French)

Sources

• General info. Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for SEGA Power No. 30 Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for SEGAPro No. 6 Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for Joypad No. 9 Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for Consoles + No. 7 Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for Consoles + No. 10 Retrieved 10 Sept '24
• PDF for SuperSonic No. 1 Retrieved 10 Sept '24