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Moon Patrol
DOS - 1984
Also available on: Apple II - Atari 2600 - Atari 8-bit - Commodore 64 - VIC-20
Description of Moon Patrol
Moon Patrol is a great PC port of Atari’s classic coin-op and Atari console game. In one of the earliest 2D platformers, your goal is to blast aliens flying overhead while jumping over rocks and chasms, all in the heroic act of defending the Moon from alien invasion. The game has excellent controls (especially when played with a joystick), very detailed graphics (by 1983 standards of course), and even memorable music.
Fast, furious, and fun – the way games are meant to be. Another testament to Atari’s undisputed knack for making addictive arcade games, Moon Patrol is a must-have.
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Evert Vorster 2023-01-20 0 point
Did some testing on this. In DOSBox, a setting of 240 emulates the IBM-PC CPU running at 4.77MHz.
The game runs a little slow at this speed, and visibly struggles to keep up when there is a lot happening on screen. However, at the same era 8MHz IBM Compatible CPU's were more starting to be released, and these are emulated with a cycles setting of 400 in DOSBox. The game runs much better at this speed, but still slows down noticeably on scenes with a lot of action.
Mr Vampire 2019-02-09 1 point Commodore 64 version
Played the original in the arcade at the local skate rink. I was wrapped when I finally got this on the C64.
Fox 2018-08-22 1 point DOS version
@ Sparcikus
just tested it, it works fine under BOXER app.
Just make sure you slow down the CPU speed (alt+cmd+arrow down) to play the game at a normal speed.
Sparkicus 2018-06-25 0 point
Can anyone tell me how to get this game in a format that will work on my Macbook Pro?
BOBAH1 2014-03-01 0 point DOS version
have anybody this game for PRAVETZ 8A in double green-black colors?
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DOS Version
24 KBApple II Version
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Atarisoft
- Developer: Irem Corp.
Atari 2600 ROM
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Atari, Inc.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
Atari 8-bit ROM
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Atari, Inc.
- Developer: Irem Corp.
Commodore 64 Version
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Atarisoft
- Developer: Irem Corp.
VIC-20 Version
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Atarisoft
- Developer: Irem Corp.
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