Moonlanding

Moonlanding © 1975 Norskog & Lind.

A Lunar Lander variant. The player controls a lunar landing module and must try to put it safely on the moon. The player is given the elapsed time in seconds, ship's height, horizontal and vertical velocities, longitude and remaining fuel each turn of play. Each turn simulates 10 seconds. The player can apply thrust towards, away from and perpendicular to the moon. This is done by specifying the burn rate of two thrusters in kilograms of fuel per second. As the fuel diminishes the mass of the vehicle will decrease. The lander should land at zero degrees longitude. If the player lands somewhere else with fuel remaining the vehicle can take off again and try to reach the correct position. Getting within 0.67 degrees of the target wins the game.