Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Name: Moon Lander
Developer: DEC (Jack Burness)
Year: 1973
Simulation Available. 1 player.
Moonlander is the first graphical real-time version of Lunar Lander. It was commissioned by DEC to showcase the capabilities of the DEC GT40 graphics terminal.
The game showed a side-view of a mountainous lunar landscape in vector graphics. The lander would drop down and it was up to the player to make sure it would land on a flat surface without too much velocity. Using the light pen the direction and throttle of the thruster could be adjusted.
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Comment: ……First Easter Egg……..First game with multiple endings………….First trolling game….and first game promoting a trademark haha two big macs please.
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As always, you can play the 1973 game version here:
How to run:
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First, go to this page:
github.com/simh/Development-Binaries?tab=readme-ov-file
Search and click here:
The latest binary build for Windows is here
Unzip the file, and you will get a lot of emulators with .exe
Now, from this page
github.com/Isysxp/GT40/tree/master
click on the green button named “CODE” and select download zip.
Unzip
Go to GT40-master/PDP11 and copy the Lunar11 folder
Then paste on the other file you unzip
simh-2024-07-05_06-07-03-Windows-Win32-4.0-Current-670a3728
in the same directory of the exe files.
Now execute PDP11.exe
And you´ll get a new window with sim prompt
(Now write)
sim set cpu 11/70
sim set dli enable
sim set dli line=2
sim set vt enable
sim load lunar.lda
sim dep 32530 1
sim run
And you are ready to go, enjoy your hamburgers!
Part of the video taken from here:
youtube.com/watch?v=2v68pwypWfc
More info here:
acriticalhit.com/moonlander-one-giant-leap-for-game-design
brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/gt40
technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/index.html
Background Free Video:
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Free Motion Graphics Videos used:
youtu.be/5peR4WcZ07E
YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/MG1010
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Song
Galactic Bass - John Patitucci
Name: Moon Lander
Developer: DEC (Jack Burness)
Year: 1973
Simulation Available. 1 player.
Moonlander is the first graphical real-time version of Lunar Lander. It was commissioned by DEC to showcase the capabilities of the DEC GT40 graphics terminal.
The game showed a side-view of a mountainous lunar landscape in vector graphics. The lander would drop down and it was up to the player to make sure it would land on a flat surface without too much velocity. Using the light pen the direction and throttle of the thruster could be adjusted.
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Comment: ……First Easter Egg……..First game with multiple endings………….First trolling game….and first game promoting a trademark haha two big macs please.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As always, you can play the 1973 game version here:
How to run:
_________________________________________________________________________
First, go to this page:
github.com/simh/Development-Binaries?tab=readme-ov-file
Search and click here:
The latest binary build for Windows is here
Unzip the file, and you will get a lot of emulators with .exe
Now, from this page
github.com/Isysxp/GT40/tree/master
click on the green button named “CODE” and select download zip.
Unzip
Go to GT40-master/PDP11 and copy the Lunar11 folder
Then paste on the other file you unzip
simh-2024-07-05_06-07-03-Windows-Win32-4.0-Current-670a3728
in the same directory of the exe files.
Now execute PDP11.exe
And you´ll get a new window with sim prompt
(Now write)
sim set cpu 11/70
sim set dli enable
sim set dli line=2
sim set vt enable
sim load lunar.lda
sim dep 32530 1
sim run
And you are ready to go, enjoy your hamburgers!
Part of the video taken from here:
youtube.com/watch?v=2v68pwypWfc
More info here:
acriticalhit.com/moonlander-one-giant-leap-for-game-design
brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/gt40
technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/index.html
Background Free Video:
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Free Motion Graphics Videos used:
youtu.be/5peR4WcZ07E
YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/MG1010
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Song
Galactic Bass - John Patitucci
![Soccer - [Taito] - Arcade - (1973)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hynKflfcjQ0/mqdefault.jpg "Soccer - [Taito] - Arcade - (1973)
Name: Soccer
Developer: Taito (Tomohiro Nishikado)
Year: 1973
Simulation/ Emulation/ Playable: Not Available
Platform: Arcade
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✅ Description✅
Soccer is Taitos third-ever video game release and the first developed internally. The game was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado. Soccer is a ball-and-paddle game like Pong, but with a green background to simulate a playfield, allowing each player to control both a forward and a goalkeeper. The player can adjust the size of the soccer players, which are represented as paddles on screen. It also has a goal on each side. It was exported to Europe in 1973. The first Japanese video game to be released on the European continent.
credits from the images:
https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/show/3828
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%82%AC%EC%BB%A4%281973%29
Parts of the video taken from here:
Channel: Gears of Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgwp1OX1m8
Song: Windy Road Back To You - The Grey Room _ Golden Palms.
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![Clean Sweep [RAMTEK] - Arcade - (1974)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ipipcU1Ro9Q/mqdefault.jpg "Clean Sweep [RAMTEK] - Arcade - (1974)
Name: Clean Sweep
Developer: Ramtek
Year: 1974
Simulation : Available. 2 players.
Platform: Arcade
In Clean Sweep, players control a paddle at the bottom of the screen and hit a ball into a field of dots. The field of dots is arranged as a 14x14 grid and each time the ball hits a dot it disappears and the player earns points for their score. The ball will keep going in the direction of its shot until it ricochets off the sides or top of the screen and returns back to the bottom of the screen where the player either hits it back up into the field of dots or misses the falling ball and loses a ball. Players are given a total of three or five balls depending on the setting. The goal of the game is to clear all of the dots and get a clean sweep.
As always, you can play this game here:
https://archive.org/details/dice_20211212
Dice emulator
if you have problems running this game
right click –properties—compatibility—compatibility mode for Windows 8
run as administrator or with the graphics card
that works for me.")
![GOAL IV - [ATARI] - Arcade - (1975)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kBTLCF1ULRI/mqdefault.jpg "GOAL IV - [ATARI] - Arcade - (1975)
Name: Goal IV
Developer: Atari Steve Mayer, Steve Bristow
Year: 1975
Simulation/ Emulation/ Playable: Not Available
Platform: Arcade
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✅ Description✅
Goal IV was produced by Atari in 1975.
Goal IV is an early arcade soccer/football game where players control paddles to hit a ball and score goals. It was part of Ataris early sports game lineup during the companys formative years in arcade gaming.
1, 2, or 4 players can experience the thrills of split-second soccer-style action. The defensive and forward players for each team are controlled by 4 out-of-the-way, side-mounted knobs, 2 for each team.
Part of the video taken from here:
Channel: foxmulder900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEll6zBKOw
More Info: ⏬⏬⏬
https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/goal-iv
https://www.atarimuseum.de/arc_gl4.htm
Song: Van Life Rager - Everet Almond
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![Knights In Armor - [PSE] - Arcade - (1976) 🌎 Only one working arcade in the World!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kU5X5sSeHE0/mqdefault.jpg "Knights In Armor - [PSE] - Arcade - (1976) 🌎 Only one working arcade in the World!
Name: Knights in armor
Developer: PSE
Year: 1976
Simulation : NOT Available
Platform: Arcade
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✅ Description✅
Knights in Armor is a jousting game for two players. The black and white knight face off on their horses. They both move horizontally across the screen in different directions and must try to unsaddle each other by moving their lance into the correct position. A match lasts 8, 10 or 12 jousts depending on the settings.
More Info: ⏬⏬⏬
https://www.mobygames.com/game/109066/knights-in-armor/
https://lostmediawiki.com/Knights_in_Armor_(lost_arcade_game;_1976)
https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/show/1687
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7sUjhD64u/
Part of the video is taken from here:
Channel: misterbronzeage
Watch complete here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEF9w-ArQc4
Song: On The Flip - The Grey Room _ Density & Time
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![Jet Fighter [ATARI] - Arcade - (1975)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lxVZgu20mFY/mqdefault.jpg "Jet Fighter [ATARI] - Arcade - (1975)
Name: Jet Fighter
Developer: ATARI
Year: 1975
Simulation : Available/ 1 players.
Platform: Arcade.
In Jet Fighter, two planes fly around with the goal of shooting the other as many times as possible in a dogfight within the time limit. When a plane is hit, an explosion occurs, and the plane recovers after a few seconds. As with many Atari games of the era, if the plane flies off the side of the screen, it comes back on the opposite side.
As always, you can play this game here:
https://archive.org/details/dice_20211212
Dice emulator
if you have problems running this game right click –properties—compatibility—compatibility mode for Windows 8 run as administrator or with the graphics card that works for me.
Attribution
Images taken from here:
By http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=540&image=1, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21558580")
