Land on the Moon with your Handheld

Posted By: Ryan Monday, January 23, 2006 1:29:10 PM

MobileBM has released Lunar Excursion Module Simulator 1.0 for the Palm OS. LEM Sim realistically simulates the critical phase of an Apollo moon mission which is the landing. The game features realistic physics, actual Apollo LEM instruments and NASA style sound effects. More...

LEM Simulator for Palm OS LEM Sim is the most advanced lunar lander game available. During the descent to the moon, you may also have to cope with system malfunctions while you are busy flying the LEM! Some of those failures are recoverable. One example is a leak in the fuel tank. This will of course reduce the amount of fuel available for landing requiring you to land quickly. Other failures may be fatal. For instance, if the main descent engine shuts down for too long then NASA may as well name a new crater after you!

Key Features of the game:

Realistic physics modeling of the descent engine and thrusters
Actual Apollo LEM instruments rendering such as the X-pointer, altitude tape and artificial horizon
Houston voice announcements of your altitude, rate of descent and fuel level
Realistic sound effects during flight
An on-board computer to help you fly the lunar module
Lander sub-systems may fail at any time during your descent
Three game levels : Rookie, Pilot and Commander
Two missions to choose from
Landing score takes into account landing accuracy, touchdown velocities, fuel remaining among other things
Flight plan available during descent
20+ pages user's guide
Will run from SD card to save memory on device

LEM Simulator v1.0 comes with a free trial and costs $14.95 to register. (20% off with code NEWYEAR) The game requires Palm OS 5.0 or higher and a 320x320 high resolution screen.

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Power

legodude522 @ 1/23/2006 4:53:51 PM #

The computer in the Appolo module less advance than your ordinary cell phone or Palm :-)

Palm m125 December 25, 2002 to March 24 2004 > palmOne Zire 71 March 24, 2004 to March 31, 2005. Tapwave Zodiac 1 April 18, 2005 to November 2, 2005 > palmOne Zire 72 November 2, 2005 to present

RE: Power

LiveFaith @ 1/23/2006 6:14:31 PM #

I don't know Lego ... you haven't seen my cell fone! : - o

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MobileBM?

joad @ 1/23/2006 5:15:59 PM #

MobileBM? They might want to rethink that name... :)

RE: MobileBM?

EdH @ 1/23/2006 6:06:54 PM #

MobileBMs can be the most embarrassing.

RE: MobileBM?

cervezas @ 1/23/2006 6:08:20 PM #

I understand that the developers just renamed their company, for obvious reasons. They're now called MobileBS. ;-)

Cool sounding game, though.

On the note made be the first poster, it's kind of cool that a Palm OS app that was actually written and compiled in C *on* a Palm OS device using OnBoardC was used by NASA scientists to aid in their work with various Mars lander missions.

http://spacebit.dyndns.org/twiki/bin/view/Space/MarsClock

David Beers
Pikesoft Mobile Computing
Software Everywhere blog
www.pikesoft.com/blog

RE: MobileBM?

Foo Fighter @ 1/23/2006 9:25:19 PM #

Oh, I don't know. There's a lot of potential in a name like that for great marketing slogans. Like...

"Stay on the go, while you go"

or...

"Sh1t and get off the pot at the same time, with MobileBM"

Still, could be worse. The name could have been something more sinister like MobileVD. Oi!

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RE: MobileBM?

KultiVator @ 1/24/2006 12:39:52 PM #

Or HandyVG?

RE: MobileBM?

momob @ 2/1/2006 2:55:39 PM #

Hi guys!

yes Ok you win!!!!!!! I changed the name to "SimTogo" since I am mostly interested in develloping simulator games on Palm/Treo devices. by the way in the next version of LEM Simulator 1.1 (soon), you will be able to land on any planet of our solar system (Jupiter anyone?) and set up your own initial conditions like starting altitude, fuel level and so on.

Thanks and happy landing to all who downloaded the game!

Mo.

Tougher than it looks

kevinbgood @ 1/27/2006 9:59:41 PM #

This is just plain old fun and skill. No aliens to blast, no mazes to go through, no complicated things. JUST PLAIN FUN.

Addicted to Palm

"Stay on the go, while you go:".... I love that!!

momob @ 1/29/2006 1:57:48 AM #

Hi guys!

I am was craking up when I hear your comments and had to respond! Yes I realize that MobileBM is very embarrasing name. I want it to call my "company" MobileFun but of course it was already taken. Since I had to put something in the "company" name I put that!!!! Time to rethink that. In any event, I am just new at develloping app for Palm and LEM Simulator is my first app. I hope you guys get a chance to download it and take it for a spin. Let me know what you think. yes I have a Treo 650 and a Tungsten C and I think both devices are probably more powerfull than all 1960's NASA computers combined. While develloping this game, I read a lot Apollo technical documents and I am still amazed on how we made it to the moon safely almost 40 years ago!

Anyway thanks for the tip about MobileBM and happy landing!

Mo.