Bought some memories back ! Played it for hours back then.. I always wondered why the space craft playing pieces were based on those of the Gemini mission's. These mission's were to perfect the technique of docking two craft in space, essential for the following Apollo mission's. Perhaps the licensing rights from NASA where rather expensive for the moon mission Apollo craft so Waddington may have had to make do with the Gemini.. Having said that it could have been that as things were moving so quickly Waddingtons also needed to manufacture large quantities of games ready to satisfy huge demand before they even knew what the Apollo crafts looked like.
My son just found this game in our house, We have never opened the box until today it was left behind by the previous owners of the house 15 years ago. After a quick search we find this video telling up how to play. Perfect. Thank you
my favourite game as a kid - 50 years on, found it on eBay and now I can play again 👍
That's brilliant to hear. Glad you found a copy. :-)
Bought some memories back ! Played it for hours back then..
I always wondered why the space craft playing pieces were based on those of the Gemini mission's. These mission's were to perfect the technique of docking two craft in space, essential for the following Apollo mission's.
Perhaps the licensing rights from NASA where rather expensive for the moon mission Apollo craft so Waddington may have had to make do with the Gemini.. Having said that it could have been that as things were moving so quickly Waddingtons also needed to manufacture large quantities of games ready to satisfy huge demand before they even knew what the Apollo crafts looked like.
Such a lovely game. I bet you're right about the ships.
My son just found this game in our house, We have never opened the box until today it was left behind by the previous owners of the house 15 years ago. After a quick search we find this video telling up how to play. Perfect. Thank you
Oh that's lovely to hear. Thank you :-)
I'm curious, after having played the game, what do you think of it?
I still have my version from when I was a kid. Most likely 50+ years old.
That's lovely though that you've kept it.
Like it nice game:)