Comments on: Lunar Command

By: chris

chris — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:41:11 +0000

Mouse wont work in XP please Help..
really want to play

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:33:15 +0000

bunnzy,

Thanks for the tutorial. I’ll give it a try in the next few days, hopefully, and let you know how things turn out.

Robert

By: bunnzy

bunnzy — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:39:02 +0000

Hi Robert, have you read the readme that came with DOSBox? http://dosbox.cvs.sourceforge.net/dosbox/dosbox/README?view=markup

Basically…. you have DOSBox isntalled. You have the game unpacked in a folder somewhere waiting for you to play it.

What you need to do is “mount” that folder in DOSBox e.g. “mount C E:\games” will create a C:\ in DOSBox that points to your E:\games folder. DOSBox will then think it’s a drive and you can then run the .exe (game file) in there using your DOS commands.

Are you familiar with DOS? I hate to tell you how to suck eggs if you already know what I’m talking about. But I may as well be explicit:

1. download Lunar Command. Unzip into a folder like C:\games\lunar
2. download and install DOSBox
3. open DOSBox and mount the C:\games\lunar as a drive, any letter will do “mount W: C:\games\lunar”
4. navigate to the new W:\ in DOSBox by typing “W:”
5. run the game by typing in the name of the file with the .exe or .bat extension (I can’t check as I can’t download zip files here at work)

I hope this helps. There are commands in DOSBox to speed up and slow down the games. Have a look at the wiki for some useful information: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Main_Page

Email me or post here if you have any other questions or if I haven’t made any sense!

Michelle

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:53:20 +0000

Hi bunnzy,

I’ve never used dosbox before, but I have now downloaded and installed it. Sooo… How do I start moonbase?

Yes, I need some step by step instructions here.

Please?

By: bunnzy

bunnzy — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:13:05 +0000

Hi Robert. Have you tried DOSBox? http://www.dosbox.com

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:23:41 +0000

I loved this game when I owned it!

But now that I’ve rediscovered it, how do I get it to install/run on windows 7?

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By: bendingo

bendingo — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:57:39 +0000

I loved the original “Moonbase” when I was a kid. I remember restarting again and again, spending all my starting cash on crater exploration, and restarting if I couldn’t find water (only maybe 10% of maps had it).

Sometimes there was water in a crater too small to build an ice mine, arrrgh!

But the water only made a difficult startup a little bit easier, it didn’t make much difference in the long run.

By: bunnzy

bunnzy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:23:38 +0000

I have very rarely found water either!

Unsure how to run in windowed mode, are you using DOSBox? Full credit for being able to play games at work, I wish I could get away with it haha!

This game is absolutely fantastic ;D

By: Vorticon

Vorticon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:35:13 +0000

Relatively fun game for the first few rounds. I have never found any water -ever- and the roads are utterly useless and do not affect gameplay in any way. Once you have a decent set of facilities and a good amount of income flow however, then there is really no point in continuing play as it gets pretty routine.
Nice manual, but I can see why this game did not catch on as it has very little replay value except maybe the way you setup your base.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:02 +0000

It’s interesting to build one base after reading through the manual, but after that there really isn’t much of a point in continuing or replaying.

By: George

George — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:03:42 +0000

Zip magic says the DOS executable file is corrupt. Is there a fix for this?

By: DAvid

DAvid — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:09:57 +0000

Mouse wont work in XP please Help..

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:46:36 +0000

Jason, I do not know how to run it in a box , but if you press the ‘Windows Key’ you will return to Windows , hopefully before your boss sees what your NOT doing,lol.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:40:26 +0000

Where is the water I can’t find H2O in any of the large craters , and I’m not sure if I’m using the ‘exploration missions’ correctly . I don’t get any feedback as to what is in the ground at the site of the flag!?!? I also have to hold down the ‘Alt’ key and press ‘F’ for file , ‘V’ for view ,’Tab’ key to select from Hab Mods, scientific, manufacturing,ect. I would really like to find a complete manual to this game since I have become addicted to it. Also I,m not sure what the benefits of roads are or where to place them. I have more info and questions if anybody replies.

By: Jason Cornellier

Jason Cornellier — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:39:50 +0000

OK Has anyone got this working! Please help I am desperate to live in the past and play this game!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:34:38 +0000

Awesome I love this game!! Did anyone get it to run in Windowed Mode? I dont want it running full screen at work

If so what DOS settings did you use? I have DOSBox installed however it keeps crashing in it.

Email jasoncornellier@hotmail.com

Thanks!

By: Bunny Abandonware » Howdy folks :)

Bunny Abandonware » Howdy folks :) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:20:43 +0000

[...] Another great game added.� I have added Lunar Command which is a newer but identical version of Moonbase from the same creators.� It’s basically just updated to run on newer PC’s.� Yet, it was still 15 years ago, so it’s not _that_ new [...]

By: Bunny Abandonware » Moonbase

Bunny Abandonware » Moonbase — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:27:44 +0000

[...] This game was released a few years later as Lunar Command, which will run on a modern PC. I recommend downloading this version instead. [...]