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{{short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title          = If It Moves, Shoot It!
|collapsible    =
|state          =
|image          = If It Moves, Shoot It!.jpg
|caption        =
|developer      = Emerald Software
|publisher      = [[Company:Martech|Martech]] (Amiga)<br/>[[Company:Broderbund|Broderbund]] (DOS)
|engine         =
|released       = '''1988:''' Amiga<br/>'''1989:''' DOS
|genre          = [[Software:Shoot 'em up|Shoot 'em up]]
|modes          =
|platforms      = [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]], [[Engineering:Amiga|Amiga]]
}}

'''''If It Moves, Shoot It!''''' is a [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] developed by Irish<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/company/emerald-software-ltd |title=Emerald Software LTD}}</ref> studio Emerald Software and published by [[Company:Martech|Martech]] in 1988 published by [[Company:Broderbund|Broderbund]] in 1989 for the [[Engineering:Amiga|Amiga]]. An [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]] port was released in 1989 in North America by [[Company:Broderbund|Broderbund]].

==Gameplay==
''If It Moves, Shoot It!'' is an arcade-style [[Software:Shoot 'em up|shoot 'em up]] where the player attacks all targets that appear on-screen, battling the Korts to rescue the settlers in the Valley of the Ancients.<ref name="Dragon166"/> The game can be played using a joystick or keyboard.<ref name="Dragon166" />

==Reception==
The game was reviewed in 1991 in ''Dragon'' #166 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon166">{{cite journal |title=The Role of Computers |last1=Lesser |last2=Lesser |last3=Lesser |first1=Hartley |first2=Patricia |first3=Kirk |journal=Dragon |issue=166 |date=February 1991 |pages=31–36}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*The Games Machine - Mar, 1989<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-magazine-16/page/n59/mode/2up |title=The Games Machine Magazine Issue 16}}</ref>
*The One - Dec, 1988<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-03/page/n74/mode/2up |title=TheOne Magazine Issue 03 |date=December 1988}}</ref>
*ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) - Feb, 1989<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-17/page/n60/mode/2up |title=ACE Magazine Issue 17 |date=February 1989}}</ref>
*Amiga User International - Mar, 1989<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amr.abime.net/review_7235 |title=Phantom Fighter review from AUI Vol 3 No 3 (Mar 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}</ref>
*ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) - Mar, 1989<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-18/page/n86/mode/2up |title=ACE Magazine Issue 18 |date=March 1989}}</ref>
*Computer and Video Games - Mar, 1989<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-089/page/n39/mode/2up |title=CVG Magazine Issue 089 |date=March 1989}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/if-it-moves-shoot-it If It Moves, Shoot It!] at [[Social:MobyGames|MobyGames]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070602110925/http://pc.ign.com/objects/837/837211.html If It Moves, Shoot It!] at IGN
*[http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/935826.html If It Moves, Shoot It!] at [[GameFAQs]]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ifitmovesshootit/index.html If It Moves, Shoot It!] at GameSpot
*[https://archive.org/details/1990-03-compute-magazine/page/n153/mode/2up Review] in Compute!

[[Category:DOS games]]



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