Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon

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Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon simulates a fictional mission to the Moon in the early 1980's, following on from the last real flight (Apollo 17) before NASA cancelled the program. One of the game's key features is digitised speech, which sounds crackly like a real mission controller would. Telemetry screens provide realism, with the player having to set items and computer programs to get the crucial GO signal.

The game is split into several sequences. First is launch, where pressing the button to stop a moving bar at the right point determines success. Course corrections and an orbital rendezvous (to undock the lunar module) are next. The player has to land the module safely on one of three possible landing sites before running out of fuel. The moonwalk is next, and must be completed in a set time before returning to orbit. On the way home the astronaut performs a spacewalk to capture and repair a satellite. Finally there is the re-entry sequence and splashdown.

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• Setting: Earth's Moon

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ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1987	9.8 out of 12	82
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Jan, 1989	74 out of 100	74
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Mar, 1988	73 out of 100	73
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Mar, 1988	549 out of 1000	55
Power Play	Commodore 64	1988	4.5 out of 10	45
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1988	43 out of 100	43

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