Moonlander - Revision history

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	\|image = 1976-11 Byte pg 57 01.jpg		\|image = 1976-11 Byte pg 57 01.jpg
	\|title = Moonlander		\|title = Moonlander
	\|developer = Jack Burness		\|developer = Jack Burness
	\|date = February 1973		\|date = February 1973
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/moonlander		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/moonlander}}
	}}

	''Moonlander'' was created as a demo program for the GT40 display terminal by Jack Burness in 1973. It is an adaptation of earlier text games involving the landing of a craft on the surface of the moon, initially inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing. Transferred into a graphical realm on the GT40, ''Moonlander'' is notable for several gameplay innovations including touch screen gameplay via use of a light pen, separate zoomed out and zoomed in world screens, and an early instance of an authorial Easter Egg in computer software.		''Moonlander'' was created as a demo program for the GT40 display terminal by Jack Burness in 1973. It is an adaptation of earlier text games involving the landing of a craft on the surface of the moon, initially inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing. Transferred into a graphical realm on the GT40, ''Moonlander'' is notable for several gameplay innovations including touch screen gameplay via use of a light pen, separate zoomed out and zoomed in world screens, and an early instance of an authorial Easter Egg in computer software.

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	''Moonlander'' was created as a demo program for the GT40 display terminal.		''Moonlander'' was created as a demo program for the GT40 display terminal by Jack Burness in 1973. It is an adaptation of earlier text games involving the landing of a craft on the surface of the moon, initially inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing. Transferred into a graphical realm on the GT40, ''Moonlander'' is notable for several gameplay innovations including touch screen gameplay via use of a light pen, separate zoomed out and zoomed in world screens, and an early instance of an authorial Easter Egg in computer software.

	== Photos on Location ==		== Photos on Location ==

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	JackBurnessMoonlander.png\|Creator Jack Burness plays Moonlander. (1970s)		JackBurnessMoonlander.png\|Creator Jack Burness plays Moonlander. (1970s)
	1978-02-19Moonlander.jpg\|Player of Lunar Lander at a medical university. (1978)		1978-02-19Moonlander.jpg\|Player of Lunar Lander at a medical university. (1978)
			1976-09-25 National Post pg The Financial Post 10.jpg\|Lunar Lander played on a GT40. (1978)
			1973-11+12 Electronic Engineering.jpg\|Man demonstrating Lunar Lander. (1973)
			1976-11 Byte pg 57 01.jpg\| GT-40 terminal playing Lunar Lander. (1976)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	{{Infobox		{{Infobox
	\|title = Moonlander		\|title = Moonlander
	~~\|image = GranTak10Flyer01-01.jpg~~
	\|developer = Jack Burness		\|developer = Jack Burness
	\|date = February 1973		\|date = February 1973
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	JackBurnessMoonlander.png\|Creator Jack Burness plays Moonlander. (1970s)		JackBurnessMoonlander.png\|Creator Jack Burness plays Moonlander. (1970s)
	1978-02-19Moonlander.jpg\|Player of Lunar Lander at a medical university. (1978)		1978-02-19Moonlander.jpg\|Player of Lunar Lander at a medical university. (1978)
	~~</gallery>~~

	~~== Screenshots ==~~

	~~<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">~~
	~~GranTrak10Production01.jpg\|Inside the production line for Gran Trak 10. (1974)~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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{{Infobox
|title = Moonlander
|image = GranTak10Flyer01-01.jpg
|developer = Jack Burness
|date = February 1973
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/moonlander
}}

''Moonlander'' was created as a demo program for the GT40 display terminal.

== Photos on Location ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
1973-05-24Moonlander.png|Moonlander being played at the National Computer Conference and Exposition. (1973)
JackBurnessMoonlander.png|Creator Jack Burness plays Moonlander. (1970s)
1978-02-19Moonlander.jpg|Player of Lunar Lander at a medical university. (1978)
</gallery>

== Screenshots ==

<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
GranTrak10Production01.jpg|Inside the production line for Gran Trak 10. (1974)
</gallery>

== Histories ==

* https://www.acriticalhit.com/moonlander-one-giant-leap-for-game-design/ — ''Moonlander: One Giant Leap for Game Design'' by Kate Willaert.
* https://www.technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/ — ''Forty Years of Lunar Lander'' by Benj Edwards.

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