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After hearing about preparations for the 40th anniversary of the moon landing at Kennedy Space Center last year, British engineer Iain Sharp decided to develop a tribute of his own. His offering, a remake of the 1979 Atari game Lunar Lander, in which players try to settle a module onto the ...
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Atari's Lunar Lander , Made Real [Gaming]
Gizmodo —
... Built using a pair of old PCs, some fishing wire, inkjet printer motors, spools and little lander models. You use a wheel to control where the lander is and a button to control the rockets, aiming your lander to its ideal landing position on the moon's surface. It only cost him $800 to build, and it'd be an impressive creation if it cost twice that. [PopSci] ...
Real-Life Version of Atari's Lunar Lander Game
Tech Blog —
... engineer Iain Sharp decided to spend 12-months and $800 building a real-life version of Atari's Lunar Lander game, complete with a "science-fiction-sounding mission operator." Click here for first picture in gallery.
The computer measures success by the lander's descent rate and its final position relative to the targets. Three successful landings earn players one of a variety of vintage-looking pin-on buttons featuring Apollo-themed images.
[via Popsci]
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Man builds a real Atari Classic Lunar Lander at home
Gizmo Watch —
... theory to the believers.
Build for a price of $800 in a year’s time, Iain’s Lunar Lander was made using a couple of old PCs, old inkjet printer motors, fishing line and small lunar lander models. For the controls on the Atari Classic Lunar Lander, a modified car steering wheel is used, while a button is used to fire the rockets and push the craft in the direction it’s pointing for an exact position on the moon. Are you game for it?
Via: PopSci/CNet
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