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.

TypeUprightSerialLL573StatusSOLD
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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 CPU6502MOS Technologies
Audio CPUCustomAtari
DisplayG05Electrohome
PowerAR-03Atari

Controls


ActionControlUprightNotes
ThrustLever1Thruster
RotateButton2Left, Right
Lighted Cone, Microswitch
AtariCone
SelectButton1Lighted Cone, Microswitch
Controls Mission Panel
AbortButton1Lighted Cone, Microswitch
StartButton1Lighted 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.