On: Electromechanical Lunar Lander

[EncomLab]

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.

[bloopernova → EncomLab]

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!"

[082349872349872 → bloopernova]

Chutes Away Rescue Target Game reminds me of https://xkcd.com/2128/

Holy dual-use technology, Batman!

[EncomLab → bloopernova]

Yes that is exactly it!

[bloopernova → EncomLab]

I like how it's supposed to be about rescuing people, but we both remembered it as dropping bombs!

[UncleSlacky → bloopernova]

Loved that game!

[fentonc → EncomLab]

That's awesome sounding - I love how creative people got with mechanical designs before everything went digital.