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Lunar Lander

Lunar Lander was an arcade game released by Atari in 1979 (and later also ported to the Atari 400/800 home computers). Lunar Lander featured two concepts previously unseen in arcade video games:

1. A throttle control that allowed perfect timing of fuel expenditure,
2. A 'fuel for money' system which allowed the player to spend money to continue their play and purchase more fuel in-game.

Not long after Atari launched the home computer version of Lunar Lander, competitor Commodore released the very similar Jupiter Lander for its Atari 400 competing lower-spec and lower price VIC-20.

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