First job was programming the “L” series machines. I imagine a Lunar Lander game used up a lot of greenbar paper!
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2024, at 13:37, Mike Stein via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > "Lunar Lander games abound on every platform" > > For sure! I even have a copy on tape somewhere for the Burroughs L > series machines, but unfortunately I'm not aware of any of those still > working; there was an L7xxx and also an L5xxx and L9xxx, but AFAIK > they're display only. > > >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM John Robertson via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> On 2024/06/17 12:26 p.m., Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 1:53 PM Mike Katz via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>>> I remember running this program at school in the mid 1970's. >>>> >>>> This runs on 4K Focal '69 without the extended functions enabled. So it >>>> should run on a 4K PDP-8/L. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> It was available as FOCAL8-81 from DECUS (Submitted 20-Jan-1970): >>> https://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/pdp8/src/decus/focal8-81/ >>> >>> I have run this at VCF on a 4K PDP-8. >>> >>> -ethan >> >> Fascinating - and there was a video game made by Atari called Lunar >> Lander which also tried to put a LEM safely on the surface. >> >> Some more of the history of the games (from 2009): >> >> technologizer.com >> >> Forty Years of Lunar Lander <#> >> >> Lunar Lander games abound on every platform. Along with Tetris and >> Pac-Man, the game--in which your mission is to safely maneuver your >> lunar module onto the moon's surface--is one of the most widely cloned >> computer games of all time. But did you know that game players began >> touching down on the moon in Lunar Lander… >> >> 🔗 https://technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/index.html >> <https://technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/index.html> >> >> John :-#)# >> >> >> -- >> John's Jukes Ltd. >> 7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 >> Call (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) >> flippers.com >> "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out" >>
