Platform: BBC Micro
Region: PAL
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ReleaseDate: 1982-04-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Moon Lander
Moon Lander runs in a 16k machine. Instructions are included in the program. There are three controls, left thrust, right thrust, and vertical thrust; and you must land the craft using a combination of these though because of the way the craft is designed, you can only use one control at a time. The noise emitted is determined by the speed of descent, and provides a useful indicator of this. The lander leaves a vapour trail (would you believe?) so that you can see the full trajectory of descent. Crash and successful landing noises are also given The readout consists of 'remaining fuel' and 'descent speed', and a score is given based on the value of these two for each successful landing. You may exit the program by pressing "S" at any point. Before the game starts you are asked to choose skill level (1 or 2) and whether you want colour or black and white. The latter option has been put in because some black and white TV sets do not give an acceptable picture when the machine is producing colours. Happy Landings. The game was written by David Graham. It first appeared as a listing in Beebug magazine, Volume 1, No.1 April 1982 and was later released by Beebugsoft on the cassette "Games 2". Dr David E Graham was the editor and publisher of Beebug magazine.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Vehicle Simulation