Bounce a moon buggy over a cratered landscape, jumping hazards while shooting forward and skyward.
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How to play
Drive a buggy across an endlessly scrolling lunar surface. Jump over craters, pits and rocks, blast obstacles in your path, and shoot upward to knock down hovering enemies and falling bombs as you roll forward.
Roll forward across the cratered terrain
Jump pits, craters and rocks
Fire forward at ground obstacles and enemies
Fire upward at flyers and falling bombs
Controls
Desktop: Left / A to brake, Space / W / Up to jump, Z to fire forward, X to fire up
Phone & tablet: keyboard recommended for precise jumps
Tips & strategy
Shoot small rocks instead of jumping them to keep your rhythm
Time a single jump to clear a wide crater rather than two short hops
Watch the sky and clear falling bombs before they land on your path
Origins
Crater Rover draws on the side-scrolling lunar racer of 1982, bounce a buggy across cratered terrain, jumping pits and rocks while shooting forward and up at attackers. An early showcase for layered parallax scrolling.
About Crater Rover
Crater Rover is an original free browser revival of the classic lunar-buggy side-scrolling shooter. Play instantly in your browser, no install needed.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
