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As pilot of a Lunar Exploration Module, your mission is to land safely on the moon. But the on-board computer has broken down, so you've got to land your craft manually.

George: This is far from being an original idea. However, the space module behaves as you would expect, and there's a sense of achievement when you do land. MISS

Mike: There are plenty of 'lander' games around, and this one's probably one of the best. Particularly impressive is the way the screen switches to close-up when you bring the craft near to the ground. HIT

Johnathan: Landing is not very easy at all, which makes success all the sweeter when you manage it. The graphics are very smooth. HIT

George Miss
Mike Hit
Johnathan Hit

Johnathan Norman, George Price, Mike Skinner

"Stuart" also had these words on Apollo 11 and Darkstar as a company:

The game was written by Ian Rich, who was my partner in 'Darkstar Software', which ran from December 1983 to the summer of 1985. The plan was Ian would write the games and I'd do marketing and sales. That shifted to our licensing games from other people and we broke the partnership when I moved from Leeds to London. The other games were for the Oric-1 computer. I licensed 'Apollo 11' to Mastertronic in 1985. Someone there misread '11' as 'II' and they released it as "Apollo 2". Or maybe it was clever marketing: 'Apollo 2: the sequel'. The Darkstar version had an inlay card printed on glossy Kodak photographic paper instead of the usual card, the idea being it would stand out on a shop's shelf.
The cover shows the real Apollo 11 LEM in lunar orbit (the photo was licensed from a picture library). It would have suited Eagle Lander 3D.