How many Lunar Landers are out there?

[AtariBuff]

I`m a proud owner of a dedicated Lunar Lander and I`ve heard that it has a pretty low production run (how many approx.?) and many have been converted to the much more popular Asteroids vector game. Does somebody have more information?

[AlanD]

A quick search on google in rgvac shows a post (which I don't know the validity of) that lists these figures

 

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=atari+pr...cade.com&rnum=1

 

Scott Evans (http://www.safestuff.com) posted the numbers.  There are

three documents, one composed of both, and subsequently updated and

released as two (raster and vector).  Below are all three:



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-- Original document --

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Atari Video game production numbers 



Here are some of the Atari Raster production numbers for games produced

prior

to 3/28/84. 



Breakout upright, 11,000 units, $1095

Night Driver upright, 2100 units, $1295

Sprint II, 8200 units, $1495

Starship, 3500 units, $1445

Super Breakout, 4805 units, $1195

Atari Football, 10,450 units, $1495 (closeout priced at $395)

4 Player Football, 901 units, $1995

Atari Baseball, 1050 units, $1595

Video Pinball, 1505 units, $1395

Missile Command upright, 14,044 units, $1995

Missile Command cocktail, 3005 units, $1945

Missile Command cabaret, 1500 units, $1975

Missile Command sitdown, unknown, $2695

Warlords upright, 1014 units, $1995

Warlords cocktail, 1253 units, $1795

Centipede upright, 46,062 units, $1995

Centipede cocktail (13 inch), 5977 units, $1795

Centipede cocktail (19 inch), 25 units, $1995

Centipede cabaret, 3924 units, $1895

Dig Dug upright, 10,504 units, $2095

Dig Dug cocktail, 1219 units, $1895

Dig Dug cabaret, 505 units, $2045

Kangaroo, 9803 units, $2095

Millipede upright, 8690 units, $2095

Millipede cocktail, 1300 units,$1895

Liberator upright, 762 units, $2095

Pole Position upright, 17,270 units, $2795

Pole Position sitdown, 3169 units, $3395

Pole Position II dedicated, 2400 units, $3095

Xevious, 5295 units, $2095

Food Fight, 1951 units, $2095

Food Fight cocktail, 100 units, $1895

Crystal Castle, 4880 units, $2095

Crystal Castle cocktail, 500 units, $1895

Arabian, 1950 units, $1995

I, Robot 750 units



Atari XY game price list dated Dec 1994. 



Lunar Lander, 4830 units, $1695

Asteroids, 47,840 units, $1745

Asteroids cocktail, 8725 units, $1746

Asteroids Deluxe, 18,142 units, $2095

Asteroids Deluxe cocktail, 3252 units, $1895

Asteriods Deluxe cabaret, 1005 units, $1945

Red Baron cockpit, 504 units, $2795

Battle Zone, 13,022 units, $2095

Battle Zone cabaret, 2000 units, $1895

Red Baron, 1500 units, $1995

Tempest, 25,112 units, $2295

Tempest cocktail, 1663 units, $2095

Tempest cabaret, 2176 units, $2195

Space Duel, 11,017 units, $2095

Space Duel cocktail, 1019 units, $1895

Gravitar, 5427 units,$2095

Quantum, 500 units, $2095

Black Widow, 1550 units, $995

Star Wars upright, 10,245 units, $2295

Star Wars cockpit, 2450 units, $2095

Major Havoc upright, 300 units, $2095





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-- Updated raster document --

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Atari Worldwide Production numbers obtained by Scott Evans.

Prices are reatil figures.

Information on conversion kits was unavailable.

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top secret Atari price list dated Dec 1994





Breakout Upright   11,000 Built @ $1,095

Night Driver Upright   2,100 Built @ $1,295

Sprint II Upright   8,200 Built @ $1,495

Starship Upright  3,500 Built @ $1,445

Super Breakout Upright  4,805 Built @ $1,195

Atari Football   10,450 Built @ $1,495 (Closeout priced at $395)

4 Player Football   901 Built @ $1,995

Atari Baseball   1,050 Built @ $1,595

Video Pinball   1,505 Built @ $1,395

Missile Command Upright   14,044 Built @ $1,995

Missile Command Cabaret   1,500 Built @ $1,975

Missile Command Cocktail   3,005 Built @ $1,945

Missile Command sitdown   [production not shown] @ $2,695

Warlords Upright   1,014 Built @ $1,995

Warlords Cocktail   1,253 Built @ $1,795

Centipede Upright  46,062 Built @ $1,995

Centipede Cocktail (13 inch)   5,977 Built @ $1,795

Centipede Cocktail (19 inch)   25 Built @ $1,995

Centipded Cabaret   3924 Built @ $1,895

Dig Dug Upright   10,504 Built @ $2,095

Dig Dug Cabaret   505 Built @ $2,045

Dig Dug Cocktail   1,219 Built @ $1,895

Kangaroo Upright  9,803 Built @ $2,095

Millipede Upright   8,690 Built @ $2,095

Millipede Cocktail   1,300 Built @ $1,895

Liberator Upright   762 Built @ $2,095

Pole Position Upright   17,270 Built @ $2,795

Pole Position Sitdown   3,169 Built @ $3,395

Xevious Upright   5,295 Built @ $2,095

Food Fight Upright   1,951 Built @ $2,095

Food Fight Cocktail   100 Built @ $1,895

Crystal Castle Upright   4,880 Built @ $2,095

Crystal Castle Cocktail   500 Built @ $1,895

Pole Position II dedicated   2,400 Built @ $3,095

Arabian Upright   1950 Built @ $1,995

I, Robot Upright   750 Built @ $[price not shown]

Gauntlet Upright   8,000 Built @ $[price not shown]

Gauntlet II (kits)   3,000 Built @ $[price not shown]







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-- Updated vector document --

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Atari Worldwide Production numbers obtained by Scott Evans.

Prices are reatil figures.

Information on conversion kits was unavailable.

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top secret Atari price list dated Dec 1994





Lunar Lander Upright  4,830 Built @ $1,695

Asteroids Upright  47,840 Built @ $1,745

Asteroids Cocktail   8,725 Built @ $1,746

Asteroids Deluxe Upright  18,142 Built @ $2,095

Asteroids Deluxe Cocktail   3,252 Built @ $1,895

Asteroids Deluxe Cabaret   1,005 Built @ $1,945

Red Baron Upright  1,500 Built @ $1,995

Red Baron Cockpit   504 Built @ $2,795

Battle Zone Upright  13,022 Built @ $2,095

Battle Zone Cabaret   2,000 Built @ $1,895

Tempest Upright  25,112 Built @ $2,295

Tempest Cocktail   1,663 Built @ $2,095

Tempest Cabaret   2,176 Built @ $2,195

Space Duel Upright  11,017 Built @ $2,095

Space Duel Cocktail   1,019 Built @ $1,895

Gravitar Upright  5,427 Built @ $2,095

Quantum Upright  500 Built @ $2,095

Black Widow Upright  1,550 Built @ $995 [possibly for the kit]

Star Wars Upright   10,245 Built @ $2,295

Star Wars Cockpit   2,450 Built @ $3,095 [$2,495 sale price]

Major Havoc Upright   300 Built @ $2,095

 

 

Hope that helps out,

AlanD

[AtariBuff]

Many thanks, AlanD

[Radioactive42]

For what it's worth, that post should be extremely accurate.

[schuwalker]

Those prices seem a little blown out of proportion.....

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

I happen to have one of them.

 

Pics in my old thread disappeared, so I'll post them here.

 

 

I still need to resecure the coin door, and fix the Pot in the throttle control, as well as replace a couple of LEDs.... but otherwise, it works like a charm.

 

I am thinking about selling it.... so if anyone is interested, know that it's in the Baltimore area.... and weighs enough to not be shippable.

[arcadebasement]

Those prices seem a little blown out of proportion.....

 

I agree but were probably accurate when they were posted in 1998 - in fact a nice Asteroid would fetch nearly 2K on eBay just four years ago, whereas now you can pay as little as $500 for a near mint. Prices for used cabs have dropped drastically in the last few years.

 

Having said that there's a seemingly nice LL on eBay right now going for $1,850 BiN so make of that what you will.

[98PaceCar]

Those were original MSRP when they were new.

[Lord Helmet]

That list is pretty good. You can really see a couple of things:

 

1. Which games were REALLY popular

2. When the arcade boom happened.

[NightSprinter]

I know DisneyQuest had one down here in Orlando last I was there. I'll be going there again soon, so I should check the third floor again.

[mos6507]

Those prices seem a little blown out of proportion.....

 

I agree but were probably accurate when they were posted in 1998 - in fact a nice Asteroid would fetch nearly 2K on eBay just four years ago, whereas now you can pay as little as $500 for a near mint. Prices for used cabs have dropped drastically in the last few years.

 

Having said that there's a seemingly nice LL on eBay right now going for $1,850 BiN so make of that what you will.

 

It does seem like classic coinops are getting cheaper these days. I mean, they are really luxury items and in an economic downturn you'd want to liquidate them and probably have trouble finding buyers. Plus they are really expensive to ship. Once I get a house I think I'd like to pick up a cocktail or two again. I miss my Space Duel and Wizard of Wor cocktails.

Edited November 20, 2008 by mos6507

[Cassidy Nolen]

IIRC, that price list is the MSRP for each machine from Atari? I could be wrong. Curt, can you verify?

 

BTW, if there are still 5000 of that machine out there I'll eat my hat. I bet there are not 1000 left. Rare piece, not a money maker and WAY too high level for the average gamer of that era. I think you'd be more realistic with a few 100 left complete.

 

FWIW, it is possible to find a LL sideart in a dedicated Asteroids cab. When they switched games during production, they used the LL cabs with Asteroids everything else...cool to have one of those!

 

CN

[MattG/Snyper2099]

I have the desire to pick a Lunar Lander up but just bought a Black Widow project that needs serious attention. I've been casually looking for one for the past 5 years. I'd say I've seen about 4 for sale in the past 5 years. No time (or space) for any more projects at the moment but I'll own one someday.

[iratanam]

I know DisneyQuest had one down here in Orlando last I was there. I'll be going there again soon, so I should check the third floor again.

 

Back about 3 or 4 years ago they had either 4 or 5 Lunar Lander working (all on free play) cabinets at the Space and Rocket Museum (Space Camp) in Huntsville, Ala. Dunno if this is true now or not.

[Almost Rice]

Here is one in Austin

 

I have saw one on free play back in 1983 at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

[70sgamefan]

I noticed on that list it states there were only 500 Red Baron cockpit machines made. Back in the summer of 1993, I was at a girl's house whose father was a dentist. In the recreation room, was none other than a Red Baron cockpit machine which appeared to be in excellent physical condition. I sat down in it and was going to try to plug it in and fire it up, but was thwarted by the presence of a rather large wolf spider, who was hanging out inside the cockpit area of the machine! He scurried away somewhere inside that cockpit and I didn't want to try to sit back in it to attempt to play the game lol. I knew at the time it was a fairly rare machine, but I had no room for it where I was currently living. Don't know what happened to it, as I did not know the girl very well, and was at her house with a friend of mine only that one time. This was in Prescott, Arizona. Anyway, that is my little story of an encounter with a rare coin-op machine.

[rsiddall]

I know DisneyQuest had one down here in Orlando last I was there. I'll be going there again soon, so I should check the third floor again.

 

Back about 3 or 4 years ago they had either 4 or 5 Lunar Lander working (all on free play) cabinets at the Space and Rocket Museum (Space Camp) in Huntsville, Ala. Dunno if this is true now or not.

 

I'm not sure about having 4 or 5 original Lunar Landers but the one we did have was an "exhibit" as it was a regular Lunar Lander game, but had been removed from the cabinet and placed into an interactive display (exhibit). It was VERY large and resembled a moon lander. Missing from the game was all of the control panel buttons and lights except for the thrust control.

 

Now, before everyone gets on a rant for butchering a classic, this was done way back when the game first came out, so it wasn't a classic at that time.

 

We retired it in 2003 (to the state of Alabama for the auction process to get rid of it) due to a monitor that kept malfunctioning. In it's place are kiosks that run windows pc simulators and maybe that's what you are thinking of? We have Asteroids (not the arcade game), Land the Shuttle (in a cockpit mock-up), etc.

[iratanam]

I know DisneyQuest had one down here in Orlando last I was there. I'll be going there again soon, so I should check the third floor again.

 

Back about 3 or 4 years ago they had either 4 or 5 Lunar Lander working (all on free play) cabinets at the Space and Rocket Museum (Space Camp) in Huntsville, Ala. Dunno if this is true now or not.

 

We retired it in 2003 (to the state of Alabama for the auction process to get rid of it) due to a monitor that kept malfunctioning. In it's place are kiosks that run windows pc simulators and maybe that's what you are thinking of? We have Asteroids (not the arcade game), Land the Shuttle (in a cockpit mock-up), etc.

 

Yea that might have been it as I had all the kids with me and wasn't paying alot of attention to them at the time.