17 Jun
2024
17 Jun
'24
2:22 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM John Robertson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Fascinating - and there was a video game made by Atari
called Lunar
Lander which also tried to put a LEM safely on the surface.
I loved that version when it came out when I was a kid. Sad most of
them disappeared (and were converted into Asteroids machines). A
buddy of mine has an original with blown-out X-Y drivers. I keep
offering to help him repair it. I did recently get a 15" Electrohome
vector display that would work with the original boards (but I don't
_have_ a set of original boards). What I really need and don't have
is the thrust controller. Can build one, but it's not at the top of
the list of projects.
I have played it many, many times in emulation (MAME), but I miss the
real vectors and that thrust controller.
There are also several versions for Commodore machines. Raster and
chunky, but still flyable.
Definitely a popular game framework right along with Star Trek.
-ethan