wa4chq Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 I wish I could. We are talking about 2001 maybe. I've searched "lunar lander", "moon lander", "lander" and nothing in the "images" on google or bing show the game. It isn't side-scrolling. Vector style graphics, at least that is how I would describe it. You have a set amount of fuel to land the LM. You see the lunar surface below and you toggle certain keys to thrust ahead, side-to-side and up. You look for one of many flags to land at. You need to arrive at that spot and still have enough fuel to slow descent, otherwise if too fast you crash or if you use up the fuel with too many course adjustments you drop like a rock and also crash. You don't see the LM, you are "in it". The style of graphics are like an early tank battle game I remember seeing..."battle flag"???? I'd have to look that name up.....that's the best I can do to describe it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I wish I could. We are talking about 2001 maybe. I've searched "lunar lander", "moon lander", "lander" and nothing in the "images" on google or bing show the game. It isn't side-scrolling. Vector style graphics, at least that is how I would describe it. You have a set amount of fuel to land the LM. You see the lunar surface below and you toggle certain keys to thrust ahead, side-to-side and up. You look for one of many flags to land at. You need to arrive at that spot and still have enough fuel to slow descent, otherwise if too fast you crash or if you use up the fuel with too many course adjustments you drop like a rock and also crash. You don't see the LM, you are "in it". The style of graphics are like an early tank battle game I remember seeing..."battle flag"???? I'd have to look that name up.....that's the best I can do to describe it. I will try again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 If it's cooler here, I will get my old pc out and see if I can sort out the monitor/video card issues. Maybe it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Here, play Zork for a while. It'll distract you from that other game you can't find... http://zorkonline.net/ What the heck is Zork, you might be asking? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Here, play Zork for a while. It'll distract you from that other game you can't find... http://zorkonline.net/ What the heck is Zork, you might be asking? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork A fascinating fact about Zork, Zork I is featured in Activision's 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops as an Easter egg. In the main menu of the game, the player can get up from a chair and find a computer. Typing "zork" into this computer will start Zork I. Zork I is fully playable within Call of Duty: Black Ops. Zork was also featured in the book version of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline as the challenge to find the Jade key. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Zork! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Yes... You're standing just east of an old house. There's a mailbox next to you. > open mailbox There's a leaflet in the mailbox. > get leaflet You now have a leaflet. > read leaflet The leaflet says, "PLAY ZORK, DUMMY! IT'S FUN!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 you get leaflet >>>read leaflet it says "turn over" you turn leaflet over >>>read leaflet it says "turn over" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Well, I thought I was gonna mess with the desktop in storage but other things came up...namely getting temporary a/c units installed over at folks place. I got a call last week from them saying the heat pump went out. Well they are still waiting on the HVAC folks to remedy the problem. In the mean time I've got two portables going.....while putting the window unit in today my mind was on Linux. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 (edited) Either of these? http://users.telenet...es/LSS/lss.html Interesting article and download for a 1969 Lunar Lander game here https://www.technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/ Edited August 13, 2018 by zlim 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Either of these? http://users.telenet...es/LSS/lss.html Interesting article and download for a 1969 Lunar Lander game here https://www.technolo...9/lunar-lander/ Hey zlim...thanks for the links but no, that is not it. When playing the game, you do not see the LM because you are in it guiding it down to the lunar surface. Vector-wire type graphics....and kinda 3-d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Either of these? http://users.telenet...es/LSS/lss.html Interesting article and download for a 1969 Lunar Lander game here https://www.technolo...9/lunar-lander/ That is a super article on the Lunar Lander story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Does this game really exist or is it a figment of your imagination? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Does this game really exist or is it a figment of your imagination? In my imagination it really does exist....I can see it now... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 In my imagination it really does exist....I can see it now... That's the important thing. Acceptance. Healing can begin now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 I was messing with Archbang today...using I3. One of the hotkeys I had trigger a dmenu for a few games I had. On it were barrage, mahjongg, pysol and xlander! But it wouldn't run. So I started looking for it. This had to be the game I've been talking about. But it isn't on this hard drive! I originally had AB on an Acer laptop that died but I had backed up lots of config files....anyway, I found a package list I made and to confirm it was from AB I located pacman. Further on down I found xlander 1.0-1 !!! Searching Bing.com I found: http://www.mobygames.com/game/xlander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) that's the game! But I forgot about being able to see the lander itself....I am not able to get online with my laptop due to tower being out...again! but maybe this afternoon late I can go online to check it out.....well, I checked using the phone....eureka! Thats it! Edited August 22, 2018 by wa4chq 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Awesome, mystery solved 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 yeah....just weird With all the searching we all did, images included we couldn't find it? Now I need to see if it's still available! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 yeah....just weird With all the searching we all did, images included we couldn't find it? Now I need to see if it's still available! Well it is on Github https://github.com/haochending/XLander 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) yeah....just weird With all the searching we all did, images included we couldn't find it? Now I need to see if it's still available! Well it is on Github https://github.com/haochending/XLander I don't know if that's the same game....it talks about meteors and I never saw any when I played the game.....but thanks for the link all the same.... I discovered it early in my linux career....and I bet it was when I installed Debian Woody. A friend of mine burned cd's for me and I remember being impressed with all the stuff that came with Woody. I just found in their full pkg list for Debian 3.0 this: xlander 19920427-4........ the search continues. Edited August 22, 2018 by wa4chq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 ok 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just go buy STALKER and play that. You'll never play any other game again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just go buy STALKER and play that. You'll never play any other game again. No way! This is my Hardy Boy moment...I'm gonna find, install and play this game again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Focus on Nancy Drew. You'll be better for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Iola Morton....Chets sister....that's who we're talking about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 There's a DOS game called Xlander - http://tigameshelf.net/tibasic.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 There's a DOS game called Xlander - http://tigameshelf.net/tibasic.htm hey sunrat....tnx but I wanna find the one I used to play....Hardy Boys: The Xlander Mystery....it will be solved!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Iola Morton....Chets sister....that's who we're talking about. Yeah, man! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hardy_Boys_characters#Iola_Morton You are bringing back some really OLD memories. I haven't read a Hardy Boys book since about 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 ummm...that's gotta be Callie Shaw, not Iola. Maybe the 70's ver. were different from the 60's and earlier versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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