Lunar Lander on Flashback 2?

[+Propane13]

Ok; this title exists on the Flashback 2-- any idea where it came from?

 

I did some searching that came up nil; perhaps a better searcher can redirect me to the right thread / post.

 

Anyway, for the "non-release" games that are on the Flashback 2, where do they come from?

 

Regards,

-John

[Zwackery]

by Atari for the arcade:

 

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8465

[Rob Mitchell]

by Atari for the arcade:

 

I think that he is asking for where the ROM on the flashback 2 came from .. I want to know about the gameplay too. I hope it is not from the Starship game .. where you move LRUD and "land" on a moving :piece of cheese." This version predates the 1979 arcade version.

 

I have played the arcade version in 1980.

 

Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA

Edited July 26, 2005 by Rob Mitchell

[supercat]

I think that he is asking for where the ROM on the flashback 2 came from .. I want to know about the gameplay too.  I hope it is not from the Starship game .. where you move LRUD and "land" on a moving :piece of cheese."  This version predates the 1979 arcade version.

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The FB2 version seems to be a new game. Unfortunately, when I saw it, the ground seemed to flicker at 30Hz. I'm not sure why a striped playfield would have to flicker at 30Hz when there's only one other object on screen (maybe two side-by-side players, but still...) If the ground were drawn with vector-style graphics, I could understand the flicker (since object limitations might make it difficult to draw the entire planet's surface nicely using sprites, though I would think it would be doable while leaving both players available to draw the ship).

[krupkaj]

BTW Does this Lunar Lander use paddle for engine controll? I like the big analogue lever on coin-op

[Ferris]

Lunar Lander was a property from Atari Coin-Op that never made it home. Obviously Curt's team at the new "Atari" took it upon themselves to program a few new titles for the FB2, Lunar Lander being one of them.

 

So where did it come from? Atari. That's my take anyway.