Editing Space Shuttle Project

{{About|the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] video game|the Space Shuttle program|Space Shuttle program}}
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Space Shuttle Project
|image = [[File:Space Shuttle Project Cover.jpg|frameless|upright=1.15|Space Shuttle Project]]
|caption = Cover art
|developer = [[Imagineering (company)|Imagineering]]
|publisher = [[Absolute Entertainment]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|designer = John Van Ryzin<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/space-shuttle-project- | title = Additional release information | publisher = [[MobyGames]]| date = | access-date = 2012-02-12}}</ref>
|artist = Bill Wentworth<br>John Van Ryzin
|composer = Scott Marshall<ref name="mobygames"/>
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 1991<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587636.html| title = Release information | publisher = [[GameFAQs]]| date = | access-date = 2009-05-11}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
}}

'''''Space Shuttle Project''''' is an [[Action game|action]] [[video game]] released in 1991 by Absolute Entertainment for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It was one of the few [[Vehicle simulation game|vehicle simulator]]s not to be released for the [[personal computer]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.shh-mom.com/space-shuttle-project-review/ | title = General summary | publisher = Shh-Mom| date = | access-date = 2012-02-17}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
[[File:SpaceShuttleProjectNESVideoGame.png|175px|left|thumb|The second mission of this video game requires players to build a space station.]]

The object of ''Space Shuttle Project'' is to successfully launch and fly one of NASA's historic [[Space Shuttle]]s as a [[Commander|shuttle commander]]. Gameplay is composed of several different types of missions, each broken up into short mini-games.<ref name="mobygames"/>

Players are first required to activate oxygen and hydrogen pumps in addition to getting additional crew members into the shuttle within a strict time limit. Crew members are transported to certain parts of the ship by moving an elevator up and down while avoiding moving bumpers. Then, the player must successfully launch the shuttle into space by performing [[quick time event]]s that correspond to particular shuttle launch maneuvers such as [[Booster (rocketry)|booster rocket]] separation. Once in space, one of several missions will be played where the player must control the astronaut by maneuvering him/her around hazards, replenish his air supply before the timer runs out, and deliver components for the [[International Space Station]] to their correct locations. A [[cosmonaut]] from the [[Soviet Union]] must also be rescued in the game.<ref name="mobygames"/>

Players that fail to maintain a flawlessly working space shuttle will see the entire shuttle mission fail.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PnPRd6QwvbQC&q=%22Space+Shuttle+Project%22+NES&pg=PA123 | title = Basic overview | isbn = 9781553697312 | access-date = 2013-01-29| last1 = Slaven | first1 = Andy | year = 2002 | publisher = Trafford }}</ref> Every mission has a lengthy list of secondary objectives that require speed, patience in addition to pure trial and error.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.confusereviews.com/?p=1179 | title = Mission objectives | publisher = Confuse Reviews| date = | access-date = 2013-01-29}}</ref>

A complete shuttle guidance system is included in the game's instruction manual. Finally, the player must land the shuttle by again performing Quick Time Events that correspond to landing maneuvers before finally landing at [[Edwards Air Force Base]].<ref name="mobygames"/> Players get a congratulations screen featuring then-US president [[George H. W. Bush]] after finishing all six missions.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/crabmaster2000/space-shuttle-project/ | title = Congratulations screen | publisher = RF Generation| date = | access-date = 2013-01-29}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[Allgame]] gave ''Space Shuttle Project'' a score of 2.5 points out of a possible 5.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1313 | title = Rating information | publisher = [[Allgame]]| date = | access-date = 2012-12-30}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1991 video games]]
[[Category:Absolute Entertainment games]]
[[Category:Imagineering (company) games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Side-scrolling video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Space flight simulator games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in the 1990s]]