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Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by EncomLab on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:57AM (#40749700)
Reminds me of a toy I had back in the 70's where you attempted to drop bombs into cut-outs in a rotating horizontal disk by looking through an eyepiece with an attached 90deg mirror. The only controls were a lever that moved the mirror side to side and a trigger to release a bomb. It used a wind up spring motor and was entirely mechanical - I played it for hours.
Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by fentonc on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:59AM (#40749722)
That's awesome sounding - I love how creative people got with mechanical designs before everything went digital.
Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by bloopernova on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:04AM (#40749768)
wow, within 5 minutes of my pretty much identical recollection! (EDIT: that sounds almost accusatory, it's not meant to be)

Do you remember what the game was called?

EDIT: it was called "Chutes Away!"

Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by 082349872349872 on Friday June 21, 2024 @11:02AM (#40750372)
Chutes Away Rescue Target Game reminds me of https://xkcd.com/2128/

Holy dual-use technology, Batman!

Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by UncleSlacky on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:57AM (#40750309)
Loved that game!
Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by EncomLab on Friday June 21, 2024 @12:46PM (#40751341)
Yes that is exactly it!
Re:Electromechanical Lunar Lander by bloopernova on Friday June 21, 2024 @01:01PM (#40751495)
I like how it's supposed to be about rescuing people, but we both remembered it as dropping bombs!