Lunar Lander video games started in 1969 during the Apollo program and were popular especially following the successful landing of Apollo 11. The 1979 Atari Game Lunar Lander was very popular in video arcades in the early 1980s. In 2024 Atari released "Lunar Lander Beyond" as an updated version of this video game genre. Learn more about video game history on The Dot Eaters.
Simple lunar lander games can be created with HTML5 and Javascript. Here are 3 examples. *
EHMorris version: "A web-based lunar lander game written in plain JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with no dependencies" (Play in a web browser - see the tutorial / guide "Making a Lunar Lander in JavaScript"
JSMolina version: "A Lunar lander clone done in HTML5"
Dan-Q version: "One-button lunar lander simulator game in a HTML5 canvas."
* I found these GitHub projects with help from ChatGPT. (conversation archive)
2024 Trailer: 'Lunar Lander Beyond' (30 sec)