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Arrow keys to control the lunar.

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Lunar Lander Game History

Lunar Lander was originally written way back in 1973 to show the capabilities of the GT40. Many gamers in the modern era would dismiss such a game, but back in the day this really was considered to be state of the art programming. Lunar Lander was used as a promotional tool in many trade shows.

The History of Lunar Lander: Prepare to Touch Down

The arcade version of the game wasn't released until 1979 by Atari Inc. It was classed under the genre of vehicle simulation, and only 4830 units were produced worldwide.

The game used vector graphics which basically are geometric primitives e.g. shapes that are based on mathematical equations/formulae used to represent a graphical image. And the objective was to pilot a module as it prepares itself for touchdown on the moons surface.

There were only a few safe landing areas due to the rough and uneven terrain, and these were highlighted. The gamer is awarded points for each successful landing of the module. The amount of points awarded would depend on a few factors, such as how good the module was landed or the difficulty of the landing surface itself. If the gamer crash lands the module, they would face a fuel penalty.

To successfully control the module the gamer had to use thrusters to slow it's descent rate, although not as easy as it sounds. Linked to the thrusters was a separate throttle, which was used to vary the power of the thrusters. (This was a totally new inclusion from the 1973 trade show version) Along with the joystick or lever for control, there were three buttons, these were used to rotate the module until the correct position was obtained for landing. The game would finish when the module ran out of fuel and crashed onto the moons surface.

The only conversions of the game were in 1981 for the home computer market and released by Adventure International. Commodore also released a title known as Jupiter Landing for the VIC-20.

Lunar Lander has had no sequels to date, but it is also known as Moon Lander. The game is freely downloadable on sites throughout the internet.

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Rank.	Player	Score	Comments
1	Popy	48	Great!
2	andres	42
3	cap'n	34	34.38 to be exact
4	dging	22	there is a trick...

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