# Jupiter Lander

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{{Short description|1981 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Jupiter Lander
| image = Jupiter Lander cover.jpg
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| developer = Hitoshi Suzuki (鈴木仁志<ref>[https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/news/1211145.html 「オリオン80」の竹内あきら氏や「ジュピターランダー」の鈴木仁志氏が登壇、当時のビルゲイツ氏の話も] - AKIBA PC Hotline!</ref>)/[HAL Laboratory](/source/HAL_Laboratory)
| publisher = [Commodore](/source/Commodore_International)
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| platforms = [VIC-20](/source/VIC-20), [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64), [PC-8001](/source/PC-8000_series), PasocomMini PC-8001
| released = '''1981:''' VIC-20<br>'''1981:''' PC-8001<br>'''1982:''' C64<br>'''2019:''' PasocomMini PC-8001
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'''''Jupiter Lander''''' is a [lunar lander](/source/Lunar_Lander_(video_game_genre)) game developed by [HAL Laboratory](/source/HAL_Laboratory) and published by Commodore in 1981 for the [VIC-20](/source/VIC-20). In 1982, it was an early release for the  new [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64). In 2019, it was also included in Pasocom Mini PC-8001  released by HAL Laboratory.<ref>[https://www.pcmini.jp/product_pc-8001/ PasocomMini PC-8001製品情報] PasocomMini Official Web Site. HAL Laboratory, Inc.</ref>

==Reception==
Harvey B. Herman for ''[Compute!](/source/Compute!)'' said "An old fogey, like me, enjoyed it, but found it almost impossible to land on more difficult sites. The kids found it challenging but learned how to do it almost every time."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1982-06-compute-magazine/page/n105/mode/2up|title=Compute! Magazine Issue 025 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|date=June 1982 }}</ref>

Henry Cohen for ''[Electronic Games](/source/Electronic_Games)'' said "''Jupiter Lander'' is a high-resolution, full-color "kissin cousin" to the familiar arcade ''Lunar Lander''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_08_1982-10_Reese_Communications_US/page/n71/mode/2up|title=Electronic Games - Volume 01 Number 08 (1982-10)(Reese Communications)(US) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|date=October 1982 }}</ref>

Michael Blanchet for ''[Electronic Fun with Computers & Games](/source/Electronic_Fun_with_Computers_%26_Games)'' said "this is one of those games that is very satisfying once you've mastered it".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_01_1982-11_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n69/mode/2up|title=Electronic Fun with Computer & Games - Vol 01 No 01 (1982-11|website=Internet Archive|date=November 1982 }}</ref>

David Busch for ''[Creative Computing](/source/Creative_Computing)'' said "What makes the ''Jupiter Lander'' game challenging is the speed readout at the side of the screen, showing speed in meters per second."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198302/page/n109/mode/2up|title=Creative Computing 1983 02|website=Internet Archive|date=February 1983 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://t3im7yvx7iztzj7hxlve2pd56a-adv7ofecxzh2qqi-www-pcmini-jp.translate.goog/product_pc-8001/soft/ The official PasocomMini PC-8001 website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514230359/https://t3im7yvx7iztzj7hxlve2pd56a-adv7ofecxzh2qqi-www-pcmini-jp.translate.goog/product_pc-8001/soft/ |date=2021-05-14 }} showing the list of included games which contains the PC-8001 version of Jupiter Lander

Category:1981 video games
Category:Commodore 64 games
Category:Fiction set on Jupiter
Category:HAL Laboratory games
Category:NEC PC-8001 games
Category:Space flight simulator games
Category:VIC-20 games
Category:Video game clones
Category:Video games developed in Japan

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