Into Space

It's another launch game.  Considering how similar these games are, you'd think it'd be like, "If you've played one, you've played them all," but each one is different enough to be fun and addicting.

The game doesn't need much explaining--launch the rocket, get pick-ups in flight to help you get higher and or get more money.  When you crash, spend your money to upgrade your ship.  Repeat until you get to the moon.

Of course, the physics modeling is completely unrealistic.  I'll run through what I can think of:
1.  There is no such thing as rocket gates that magically propel rockets upwards.
2.  There is not rocket fuel floating around in the atmosphere you can use to help you attain higher altitudes.  The same goes for the repair kits and bundles of cash.
3.  In the game, the pull of gravity does not seem to get weaker as the rocket reaches higher altitudes.  I realize the force of gravity doesn't weaken that much for the altitudes in the game (less than 300,000 ft). Still...
4.  The force of air resistance does not seem to get weaker as the rocket reaches higher altitudes.  This should have a larger effect.
5.  You do not reach the moon by going 300,000 feet in the sky.  For starters, the moon is more like 384,000 kilometers away from the Earth.  Second, you don't magically arrive at the moon just by going 384,000 km away.  You actually have to aim for it.
6.  I'm pretty sure the space above the Earth is not crowded with hundreds of flying saucers and Sputniks.

Some of the other unrealistic aspect aren't necessarily violations of the laws of physics, but should still be noted.
1.  You can't upgrade to multi-stage rockets.  Even Estes (the toy rocket company) let's you launch multi-stage rockets.
2.  You cannot build a rocket that gets to the moon for a grand total of about $100,000.  If you could, I'd probably take out a loan so I could go there.
3.  So you have to buy upgrades in the game, but when you crash your rocket, it gets repaired for free?  And you don't have to buy rocket fuel?  What's up with that?

I'm sure there's more, but that's what I can think of.  Don't get me wrong--the game is fun as it is.  In most of these cases, making the game more realistic would only complicate it or make it boring.  Remember, the most realistic thing you can do is real life, and some times it isn't any fun at all.  For someone like me, the real version of "Into Space" involves sitting on the couch wishing I could go into space.  whatever.

Play the game, it's addicting and fun and closer than you'll ever get to going to the moon in real life.