Very, very fun arcade game - One of the older ones at an arcade now, even retro-focused arcades, but is still one of the machines I spend the most time at. The Barcade in Chelsea has one, and my friends and I never get bored of it! The handle to give the lander more or less boost helps immerse the player so much, even with lack of graphics, and the funny quips it gives you when you crash are always so sassy, I can't help but love it.
Lunar Lander is fucking HARD too, but in a way that keeps you motivated to keep trying and trying and trying and... hey? Where did all my quarters go? The fact that quarters don't count as "tries" but instead as fuel is very clever in getting the player to spend more than they realize, but in a way that still seems fair. My friends and I spent easily 45+ minutes on this one machine, and we're already talking about going back to try and get better at it. Even when surrounded by icons such as NBA Jam and Daytona USA, we're still mostly talking about Lunar Lander - some colorless grandpa game that got surpassed graphically in less than a year by Pacman lol.
4/5
Lunar Lander is fucking HARD too, but in a way that keeps you motivated to keep trying and trying and trying and... hey? Where did all my quarters go? The fact that quarters don't count as "tries" but instead as fuel is very clever in getting the player to spend more than they realize, but in a way that still seems fair. My friends and I spent easily 45+ minutes on this one machine, and we're already talking about going back to try and get better at it. Even when surrounded by icons such as NBA Jam and Daytona USA, we're still mostly talking about Lunar Lander - some colorless grandpa game that got surpassed graphically in less than a year by Pacman lol.
4/5