Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon

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Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
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Developer(s) Artech
Publisher(s) Accolade
Platform(s) Commodore 64, DOS
Release1987
Genre(s) Simulation

Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon is a 1987 video game published by Accolade and developed by Canadian studio Artech.

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Gameplay

Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon is a game in which an Apollo program mission is re-created all the way from countdown at the beginning to splashdown at the end. [1]

Reception

David M. Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "One thing is for sure, gamers who spend their money on this game will not spend their time in the light of the silvery moon or moonlighting, they will be at their computers." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, David M. (February 1988). "Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 44. pp. 20–21.
  2. https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1988-01/page/n61/mode/2up
  3. "ZZap_64_Issue_035_1988_Mar".
  4. https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-magazine-14/page/n49/mode/2up
  5. "The Games Machine Magazine Issue 04". March 1988.
  6. https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-06/page/n54/mode/2up
  7. "Jeux & stratégie 51". June 1988.