Noteworthy features

• - there's a right outlane diversion gate to the plunger lane that's activated with a center shot.
• - alternating orbit shots allowing 300 point scores when lit.
• - the bagatelle-style "rocket launch" mechanical toy/animation in the backglass adds to the score, or scores a special, when the ball drains, as a form of randomized bonus. This is earned by hitting all ten "countdown" rollovers in the center playfield rocket, in order, with each number from 10 to 1 lighting in order to simulate a rocket launch countdown. The countdown number value rolls over from ball to ball.

Trivia

• The Lunar Shot-Italian export version lacked the snazzy cabinet graphics of the US domestic Apollo and Blast Off versions, but has a unique star-lighting system designed to subtly allow gambling payouts. Italian versions were also shipped with flippers with the word "flipper" on them painted white; 'flipper' was a term of art in Italy at the time meaning a particular form of pinball that paid out with replays, which was illegal in the 1960's.
• Lunar Shot was Williams' only foray into the Italian export market and its eccentricities. Gottlieb and Bally had significantly more success in specializing machines for this market, most of which had a (hidden) center-drain ball-launch flipper for "extra" balls to avoid laws against extra balls and replays; Lunar Shot lacks this feature.
• Lunar Shot's slightly modified backglass animation required a unique schematic, separate from Blast Off/Apollo.

Backbox ornament(s)

The artwork features a backlit control tower overlooking a launch gantry, where a bagatelle-style "Rocket Launcher" mechanical toy is activated by ball drain if the Countdown rollovers are all hit during game play. The bagatelle has a mini-sized steel ba

Video mode

This machine has no dot matrix or video display, so it has no videmode.