Moon Patrol

created and published by Irem / Williams in 1982, running on Arcade
type: shooter
genre: Science Fiction, Moon Patrol-like, Scrolling shooter
perspective: side view auto-scroll
player options: single player
languages: eng
3.7/5
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bootleg(s): Moon Ranger

Official description

...He can't let go!
Some say its the striking realism and perspective of the screen graphics that keep a player strapped to the controls. The realism that puts the entire responsibility for the safety of the planet on his shoulders. Others say its the intense action. The alien attack from over. head that takes on 3 deadly Norms and that keeps the player's linger hot on the trigger. simultaneously tiring missiles straight up at the UFOs and straight ahead to disintegrate obstacles. The bottomless craters waiting to swallow him up, the boulders and rolling stones in his path, the land mines, the cannons, the erupting volcanoes. the low-flying planes on his tail that keep him alert and ready to manipulate the jump button and speed control. The clock ticking away precious seconds in a race against time and space as he makes his way from point to point along the constantly changing and challenging course plotted on the radar screen. The incentive of making better time to earn bonus points: of scoring high to earn ext. Patrol Cars; of completing the beginner course to be awarded the more difficult champion course and of completing the champion lor another opportunity to better lime and skill. Still others say its the 250 option when all the Patrol Cars are destroyed to either start Over again or to pick up where the game ended. No one knows for sure why people are compelled to play Moon Patrol again and again and again. But cash-boxes prove they are Maybe you can figure it out if you play it yourself. Just a friendly word of advice first: pack some sandwiches.

# 2013-08-31 07:50:43 - official description - flyer

Technical specs

software: Emulated on MAME,
display: raster

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