Today on the channel, the latest cool toy that we're going to be taking a look at is Lunar Lander. This is the quarter [music] scale arcade release from Num Skull Designs. This one I've been anxiously awaiting because ever since they announced it, I was very curious how it would turn [music] out specifically because of this throttle control mechanism that's got going on. This is not your [music] standard joystick mechanism. No, it's a spring. It's got tension and everything. So, I was curious how this would work and how well it would be implemented in a quarter scale shrunken down variation. Thankfully, all my concerns were, you know, thrown out the door the moment I turned this on and got to play it. I've always been absolutely terrible at this game. Uh, first and foremost, [music] this game predates me. This came out in 1979, a little before Asteroids, Asteroids kind of stole its thunder. While Asteroids may have won the space race for Atari as far as more games [music] sold, uh, this is still a big piece of space history. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas, [music] so naturally having NASA in my backyard, uh, you grow up being a a science and a space nerd. I absolutely love the control [music] scheme on this. The game is absolutely abysmally hard for me. Uh, they may as well called it crash and burn because that's [music] essentially all I ever do. I think I maybe landed this thing like three times successfully and got a high score of like 450, which [music] is not a high score that you should be proud of, but it's the best I can do. I'm not great at this, but it's still fun to play. It's a it's a nailbiting experience. Uh, it's not fast-paced, action-packed by any means. It's slow and steady. Uh, one cool thing is, of course, we know we had the vector graphics back in the day. Uh, Faith Player recreated here on the LCD. Obviously, it's not the same technology, but we do get that similar look and appeal. So, I think Numskull did a great job with that. We got the CRT kind of beveled lens that they use, which looks really nice. Great job. Uh, we got the training illumination up here on the control panel, which is great. So, when you start the game up and you [music] coin it up, you can select the different uh missions, whether it be training mission or, you know, the harder settings. Uh, which is really cool. So, it selects there, illuminates the lights. You got the illuminated volcano buttons here. Of course, the polycarbonate [music] control panel overlays, so it's not going to wear off and smear off or anything like that. Uh, great graphic print quality. No, even the fine text. None of it's blurry or fuzzy or anything. Everything is legible. Uh, like I said, I always love these illuminated volcano buttons. I'm a sucker for that. You get the ally coin buttons here, at least right here and here. The 25 cent illumination there on the coin door. Uh, this doesn't have any dip switch settings. Almost all of the Numskull design cabinets have. Uh, but this one just doesn't have anything. So, if you're looking for kind of like cheats and tips and how to play better, uh, basically just spam the coin button cuz that amounts to the amount of fuel you get to start your [music] game off with, spam it until you get through 9,999. And that's as close to a [music] cheat code as you're going to get because essentially that's all you can do to manipulate the game. You just load it up [music] with fake quarters and uh play till your heart's content or at least until you go Ed Boon and you kill everybody on the Columbia [music] space shuttle. Uh just keep that in mind. Artwork on this faithfully recreated. Got those I [music] say futuristic 1979. This was the future in 1979 uh space graphics. Nice colorful blues, red uh starry pattern here on the bottom. You know, very good graphics. You know, same kind of construction we all know and love for these Numskull designs. Illuminated marquee. Everything's great on this thing. It's solid, sturdy, nothing rattling, nothing loose. [music] U I was worried about how, you know, sturdy that was going to be. Feels very nice. The spring tension, [music] it's good. It kind of activates right about here. This is your sweet spot. And then it really starts to get tougher and tougher. And it's very good as far as a one one uh recreation on the screen as far as how [music] quickly that thruster is being engaged. uh your left and right rotation here works great. This game was always kind of cool because [music] it had that kind of changed perspective. So you'd have the the wide view and as you got closer to landing uh your your shuttle there, it would zoom in and give it [music] you a much more challenging uh look at the you know the surface area of what you're landing on, which was always kind of cool and frustrating simultaneously if you're playing this game. But scale-wise, of course, it's quarter scale, but it is going to be a little bit bigger than some of their other machines. So, here's the Pac-Man 40th anniversary with this kind of, you know, footprint here. It's a little bit bigger than your standard Bandai Namco cabinets, but other than that, I mean, it is a true to form quarter scale [music] arcade. So, if you're in the market for a super cool space game, uh you like some challenging gameplay, this is definitely something you should [music] check out, uh just for history sake, cuz like I said, it's really cool that they recreated this thruster throttle. Um, and the fact that, you know, if you're a [music] space nerd, this is a mustave. They had some cool things for early backers. So, we got a nice little like lunar lander poster. It's got some peel and stick [music] 3M sticky kind of tip there. So, you put it on the wall. You got a nice little diarama going. It even comes with this uh really [music] cool little LED light. Open it up, put some uh batteries in there. It's got a magnet on it. Push the button. This has a peel and stick 3M tape on it as well. So, you can [music] stick this on the wall, turn your light on, illuminate your poster. Looks really cool. I think it's a nice touch, a nice little uh throw in there for early adopters because [music] otherwise, you know, there's really no incentive for pre-ordering these days. So, it's it's cool that they're actually offering, you know, a nice pre-order bonus for people that are backing these machines as soon as they are announced. Inside the box, this is the same fanfare as always. You got your QR code to check out the Facebook [music] fan page. always cool instruction manual, but like I said, there's no dip switch settings or anything. So, [music] really, what kind of instructions do you need? The power is on the back is USBC. It's got a volume toggle and then your toggle switch. That's all there is to it. Everything's pretty [music] straightforward. Get your warranty card in there and that is it. I think they did an awesome job with this. Like I said, I'm I'm really impressed with how well they've recreated this thruster. The game play is not really going to stand the [music] test of time for a lot of people. I I think it's a challenging game. It's not something I'm going to, you know, be jonesing to play every single day, [music] but for collector's sake, I love having this into the lineup. 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