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6	[[quoteright:229:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lunar_lander_flyer.png]]
7	''Lunar Lander'' is a series of {{Simulation Game}}s about landing an Apollo 11-style lunar module on a rocky lunar surface. You have a limited amount of fuel with which to maneuver the lander on to level platforms.
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9	The first versions were written in the late [[TheSixties 1960s]] and early [[TheSeventies 1970s]] by Jim Storer, Eric Peters, and William Labaree II for DEC [[Platform/MainframesAndMinicomputers minicomputers]], and published as BASIC type-in programs. The earliest version was created in 1969. The first version with graphics was released in 1973 as a TechDemoGame for a DEC's new [=GT40=] vector graphics terminal. Creator/{{Atari}} released an MediaNotes/ArcadeGame version in 1979. This version featured one of the first examples of BribingYourWayToVictory, or at least more gameplay, because it's an EndlessGame: You could insert coins during gameplay to buy more fuel.
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11	It later became a MiniGame in other games, and was [[PortOverdosed ported to every platform imaginable]], even pocket calculators. There are now several free versions online.
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13	!!''Lunar Lander'' provides examples of:
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15	* AlliterativeTitle
16	%%* AttractMode: The Atari version.
17	* BribingYourWayToVictory: Assuming your definition of victory is the highest score, the Atari version lets you buy more fuel.
18	* EndlessGame: You play until you run out of fuel.
19	* FanRemake: Numerous versions, especially since the 1990s.
20	* GameMod: The original version. Since it's a type-in BASIC program, you can modify it any way you like.
21	%%* GameOver
22	* HaveANiceDeath: Notably the Atari version. "You just destroyed a 100 megabuck lander", etc.
23	%%* NoPlotNoProblem
24	%%* RagdollPhysics
25	%%* ScoringPoints
26	%%* SideView
27	* SimulationGame: The game simulates Newtonian-like physics, involving forces such as the gravity of the Moon and the thrust of your lander.
28	* StatusLine: Starting with the 1973 version. Could be the UrExample.
29	%%* TechDemoGame: The 1973 version.
30	%%* VectorGame

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