Lunar Lander is an arcade game developed by Atari that first appeared in video game arcades around 1979. Developed in black and white vector graphics and distributed in specially devised cabinets, the game showed, as a lateral view, a lunar landing pod approaching the moon, where there were special areas for landing. The landing areas varied in width and accessibility because of the terrain around them, which gave the user different scores when the lander landed. The player was provided with information about altitude, speed, amount of fuel available, score, and time taken so far. Given the force of gravity attracting the landing pod to the ground, the player could rotate or thrust (there were also inertial forces to be considered) the landing pod at the expense of some fuel. The fuel was the key to the game.
The game ended when the landing pod touched the moon...
