The best games of 1971: LEM (Lunar Excursion Module), Huntington Computer Project: A Teacher's Manual

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LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) 

This game is a simulator of landing on the lunar surface. Another game inspired by the earlier Lunar Lander. As before, you need to constantly monitor fuel consumption so that it is enough before landing, at the same time not to save too much, otherwise the module will land too quickly and break. 

Of course, it was not without improvements. After all, in this version it was possible to move horizontally, choosing a more suitable place for landing, and it was also easier to enter data.

For example, instead of constantly setting specific data, it was possible to set an action for a certain time. The ability to change the angle of inclination has also been added.

The game, in addition to the mainframe platform, was also released on Commodore PET / CBM.

Huntington Computer Project: A Teacher's Manual

Definitely a boring game even by the standards of that time, because it was created as a textbook for programmers. They learned programming from the example of the game code.

Even then we realized that this makes the process more exciting. The collection also included, in addition to several games, a couple more programs.

All this came out on a PDP-10 minicomputer. Games included in the collection: Reflect, The New Clea Casino.

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