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Lunar Lander

Description

Atari's first vector game. Use rotation buttons and giant thruster control to land the Eagle on the surface of the moon. View screen "zooms in" as you approach the lunar surface.

Lunar Lander was produced by Atari in 1979.

Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Lunar Lander was produced include: Sky Raider, Fire Truck, Avalanche, Orbit, Skydiver, Hercules, Superman, Atari Soccer, Atari Baseball, and Asteroids

Specs

Name	Lunar Lander
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8465
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Development Team	Wendi Allen, Project Engineer
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Vector Color: Black and White 19-inch Electrohome G05-801
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Lunar Lander Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Lunar Lander Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: Rotational (left, right) Throttle Lever Buttons: 1 - Abort
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Lunar Lander Control Panel Image
Side Art	Lunar Lander Side Art Image

Video Clips

Atari Lunar Lander Arcade Video Game

Lunar Lander

Game Play

From the original manual:Lunar Lander TM is a one-player coin-operated electronic game that simulates landing a manned spaceship on the moon. Various video-display phrases indicate score, time elapsed during the mission, fuel units consumed, altitude above the moon, and horizontal and vertical speed. The fuel consumption and both speed readings are important for the player to determine how to land the craft. Realistic engine rumble and crash sounds accompany game play. A high beep warns of an almost-depleted fuel supply, whereupon players can add coins to automatically extend the game and "fill up" their fuel tanks. Depending on the quality of the landing or the crash, various messages are displayed on the screen.

Choose one of four difficulty settings.

Lunar Lander KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.31 (12 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.23

Overall Like	3.33
Fun (Social)	1.55
Fun (Solo)	3.17
Collector Desire	4.18

Technical Rating: 3.39

Gameplay	3.50
Graphics	3.33
Originality	4.25
Sound/Music	2.55

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

Black cabinet with orange, yellow, blue and white artwork on the side panels.

Miscellaneous

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Lunar Lander Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 176 known instances of this machine owned by Lunar Lander collectors who are active members. Of these, 161 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Lunar Lander machines for sale.

Wanted - Very Popular - There are 41 active VAPS members currently looking for Lunar Lander.

This game ranks a 45 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 67 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Lunar Lander / Asteroids

1979 / 2 Pages

Manuals

Lunar Lander TM-136 1st Printing - Lunar Lander Manual — **Lunar Lander TM-136 1st Printing**
(58 pages, 6.5 MB File)

Lunar Lander DP-136 3rd Printing Missing Sheet 01 Side A - Lunar Lander Manual — **Lunar Lander DP-136 3rd Printing Missing Sheet 01 Side A**
(3 pages, 1.2 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 73; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 73; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (2582b0f684f05bbe73b4ec5aa28d567a)

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