To the Earth is a light gun shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on November 1989 in North America and in Europe on February 23, 1990. It uses the NES Zapper to destroy ships and gain powerups. The game requires quick reflexes and good aiming due to the enemy space crafts being very agile and quite difficult to shoot.

The object of the game is to destroy incoming enemy spacecrafts, bombs, missiles, asteroids, etc. without destroying friendly vessels. Due to the very quick speeds of the enemy ships and asteroids, the game is considered to be one of the most challenging Zapper games for the NES. The shield of the spacecraft players are in command of constantly goes down each time they shoot at an enemy and miss. Players also can use a powerful bomb to destroy everything on screen, as well as a shield-repairing item dropped off by a friendly spacecraft. Game bosses are fought at the end of each level as the player moves through the Solar system. When the player reaches the Earth level, the player must battle and destroy the final boss, who is an alien named Nemesis. The goal is to retrieve vials of medicine and deliver them to the Earth while preventing Nemesis from passing through the planet's atmosphere.

The level locations of the game in order are Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and the final level, Earth. There are also several powerups in the game, which includes different shields, energy boosters, comets, and smart bombs. A comet in the game is a barrier which temporarily protects from enemy fire, and a smart bomb appears at the bottom of the screen and destroys all on-screen enemies if shot.

At the ending, the player receives a congratulation message from Nester, who is the president of the terrestrial federation of this game.