Exploration of the Moon invention of the telescope, an increasing number of people began to recognise the Moon as a sphere, though many believed that it was "perfectly smooth". In 1609, Galileo Galilei drew one of the first telescopic drawings of the Moon in his book and noted that it was not smooth but had mountains and craters. Later in the 17th century, Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi drew a map of the Moon and gave many craters the names they still have today. On maps, the dark parts of the Moon's surface were called "maria" (singular "mare") or seas, and the
Tintin on the Moon the game is to land on the moon, while avoiding asteroids and thwarting enemies within the rocket. Tintin on the Moon was the first PC game to feature the character Tintin. Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon is a video game loosely based on the "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" comic books from "The Adventures of Tintin", the series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is a first person shoot 'em up/side scroller and the first "Tintin" video game. This video game was originally made by Infogrames for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to