Publisher Atari has been bringing back lots of old school favourites with modernised reboots, and the latest of these is Lunar Lander: Beyond. The original arcade physics sim had you guiding a space craft to as safe and precise a landing as possible. While that looks to be the main thrust of gameplay in this up-to-date iteration, it's being embellished with some narrative to fill in the blanks.
The game is being made by Dreams Uncorporated, best known for its stylish RPG, Cris Tales. In the new trailer above, you can certainly see a little of that presentational flair here, and the greater emphasis on story also makes sense. Turning Lunar Lander into a sci-fi space opera is a fun idea, providing some context for all your excursions down to dangerous planets.
There's no firm release date yet, but it looks like this will be touching down on PS5 and PS4 sometime this year.
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This looks amazing! Seriously, how did they manage to make Lunar Lander look this cool?
Played this game and another like it back in the 70/80s in the local arcade. Maze games, so many quarters.
Looks interesting! Hope it's as fun as the trailer suggests.
If anything could do without weebey cinematics, its probably lunar lander. Yet, here we are
Also the model doesnt look anything like the original, which was supposed to represent the actual NASA LEM.
Hard pass.
I loved the Atari Recharged series, and that was just a fresh coat of paint and some tweaks. Based on the trailer Atari Beyond looks like a complete reimagining. It would be great if they could make it a series where different developers could put their own spin on Atari classics.
I saw “Lunar” and got so excited that they were rereleasing the RPGs, then I continued reading and was immediately let down.
It won’t be the same without the BIG DAMN LEVER that LL had on the cabinet. It was so satisfying to slam it forward, although it did mean you’d use all your fuel up and smash into the lunar surface.
Put on ps plus
Now revive Crystal Castles you cowards
This looks like pixel junk shooter to me, not sure about this. Will wait to see footage.
Reminds me of PixelJunk Shooter. Neat
“Journey Though Space” anyone else catch the typo in the trailer? Haha. Love that art style
@Odium you and me both 🥲
@danzoEX at least I’m not alone in my pain😅
This looks pretty cool. Will definitely give it a try
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