Lunar Lander is a game released by Atari, one of the game company in the United States. It was released in 1979. It is a vehicle simulation type of game which the player is the pilot that has to land the plane safely on the surface of the moon but they have to manage the fuel tank so that they are not running out of fuel.
It is a simple game but for me it is an addicting game. The player can not just land on any of the surface of the moon. It could only land on the flat surface that has the point on it. The hard part of the game is in controlling the plane. Player has to control the speed of the plane so that it could land safely because when it move too fast while landing, the plane will brake and player has to start from the beginning.
The game has 3 themes, Moon, Earth and Jupiter. Those 3 planet indicate the level. Moon is the easiest and Jupiter is the hardest. It is basically has a outer space theme.
The further the plane can fly and land safely, the more point the player could get. As the plane fly further, the surface of the planet is also getting harder to go through. It's not a flat surface, it has an up and down surface which make player feels like they are playing in the outer space. And they have to maintain the speed and fuel so that they could land safely on the flat surface.
The important aspect that could be seen in this simple game is the fun of getting the plane to land safely with a limited fuel tank which is not an easy task. The Gameplay has made people get addicted to this even they have to play in a very simple graphic with only black and white color.
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