I know I'm going to regret this but here goes...
About 10 years before Atari came out with their Lunar Lander game, a company called Cointronics put out an electromechanical Lunar Lander game. This is that game.
With this game you must pilot your Lunar module down the moon's surface using the control panel buttons and land inside a lit crater.
You get 5 turns per game and you are rated on the number of sucessfull landings.
The game features actual dialog from the Apollo 11 mission. This is via an 8-track
player in the game that also controls the assent of the lunar module after each landing.
The game is complete but not fully working. The 8-track unit needs a bit of work. I have
the 8-track cartridge with the tape and it is fine. I've had the dialog copied to a CD
in case the tape should ever go bad a copy of the recording would still exist. I believe
this game to be a copy of another moon landing game from 1970 called Space Flight by Bally.
I can play a game without the sound by using an internal reset switch after I have landed
so it is possible to play the game.
I've never seen another one of these games and believe not many were built. I bought this
particular game from a auction house in New York and had it shipped to me around 2001 so
I've had it 10 years now.
I also have a copy of the schematics for the game. I do not have a very good picture of the sideart
but the sides are white Formica type material with a drawing of a landing Lunar
Lander heading to the surface of the moon in blue. The game really is in fantastic
cosmetic shape and looks beautiful when turned on and lit up.
All in all, a very rare EM game that you'll probably never see or hear about again. I'm
asking 1,500.00 for it. Not interested in trades at the moment. I would prefer not to
have to ship this. It is BIG and heavy.
Thanks for reading.
Tom
Front Shot:
Side Shot:
Marquee:
Lit up shot: (the bright line next to the module in the marquee is a reflection of my rope lights)
About 10 years before Atari came out with their Lunar Lander game, a company called Cointronics put out an electromechanical Lunar Lander game. This is that game.
With this game you must pilot your Lunar module down the moon's surface using the control panel buttons and land inside a lit crater.
You get 5 turns per game and you are rated on the number of sucessfull landings.
The game features actual dialog from the Apollo 11 mission. This is via an 8-track
player in the game that also controls the assent of the lunar module after each landing.
The game is complete but not fully working. The 8-track unit needs a bit of work. I have
the 8-track cartridge with the tape and it is fine. I've had the dialog copied to a CD
in case the tape should ever go bad a copy of the recording would still exist. I believe
this game to be a copy of another moon landing game from 1970 called Space Flight by Bally.
I can play a game without the sound by using an internal reset switch after I have landed
so it is possible to play the game.
I've never seen another one of these games and believe not many were built. I bought this
particular game from a auction house in New York and had it shipped to me around 2001 so
I've had it 10 years now.
I also have a copy of the schematics for the game. I do not have a very good picture of the sideart
but the sides are white Formica type material with a drawing of a landing Lunar
Lander heading to the surface of the moon in blue. The game really is in fantastic
cosmetic shape and looks beautiful when turned on and lit up.
All in all, a very rare EM game that you'll probably never see or hear about again. I'm
asking 1,500.00 for it. Not interested in trades at the moment. I would prefer not to
have to ship this. It is BIG and heavy.
Thanks for reading.
Tom
Front Shot:
Side Shot:
Marquee:
Lit up shot: (the bright line next to the module in the marquee is a reflection of my rope lights)



