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Lunar Lander
78IGDB player score
18 ratings
About this game
Lunar Lander is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, which uses a vector monitor to display vector graphics. The object is to pilot a lunar landing module to a safe touchdown on the moon.
Title is based on the real-world events of the Lunar Moon Landing in 1969.
Moonlander (also known as Lunar Lander) is an early computer game made for the DEC GT40 computer and is the first graphical game in the lunar landing simulator subgenre, as well as the first one in real-time. It is notable for being the first video game with an Easter egg, a lone McDonalds on the moon's surface that can be interacted with or destroyed.
The plot is partially based on the real world events of the lunar moon landing of 1969.
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Release date
Aug 1, 1979
Developer
Atari
Publisher
Adventure International, Atari, Atari Corporation
Platforms
Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Windows Phone, TRS-80
Genres
Simulator, Strategy, Arcade
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Historical, Non-fiction
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
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