Game Story
Picked this up from a former collector who advertised on rgvac. We rented a truck and some help and made our way to his house. 3 hours and hundreds of dollars in help, food, gas and rental fees later we had a garage full of projects.
This one had lots of spare parts. The throttle was stuck ON but checked out electrically. We sent the boards out for repair and eventually got it working. Sold the lot of the game and spare parts.
| Type | Upright | Serial | LL573 | Status | SOLD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restoration | Log | Photos | Gallery | Other |
Technical Information
Title
Lunar Lander was released in 1979 by Atari. It features a monochrome vector display with a horizontal orientation. This is Atari’s first vector release. The title can handle one player only.
Architecture
Lunar Lander is built on the Atari 6502 hardware platform. Common features are the 6502 CPU, vector graphics and Atari Audio/Regulator.
| Video CPU | 6502 | MOS Technologies |
|---|---|---|
| Audio CPU | Custom | Atari |
| Display | G05 | Electrohome |
| Power | AR-03 | Atari |
Controls
| Action | Control | Upright | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrust | Lever | 1 |  |
| Rotate | Button | 2 | Left, Right Lighted Cone, Microswitch  |
| Select | Button | 1 | Lighted Cone, Microswitch Controls Mission Panel |
| Abort | Button | 1 | Lighted Cone, Microswitch |
| Start | Button | 1 | Lighted Cone, Microswitch |
Production Notes
This is Atari’s first vector release. The cabinet designs identical to Asteroids. The Large Thrust control and Lighted Mission Panel made a cocktail version infeasible.