Moon Patrol
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Developed by
Microcomputer Games, Inc.
Released
1982
Platform
Atari 8-bit
Published by
The Avalon Hill Game Company
Setting
Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Genre
Action
Gameplay
Arcade
Vehicular
Space Flight
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Description
A single patrol ship faces countless invading aliens, dropping relentlessly from the top of the screen. The pilot maneuvers desperately over jagged terrain between blasts from alien ships, trying to stop as many as possible from landing. How will it end? The same way most computer simulations of lone heroism against countless invaders: not well for the pilot, but perhaps a high score for the player.
Moon Patrol joined the countless clones of the coin-operated arcade games invading home computers in the 1980's. There are no astronauts to protect, just invading saucers to shoot, but the aliens keep shooting back even after they land on the hardest difficulty. Consequently, the terrain becomes a real hazard as you drop low to blast saucers on the ground. Fuel is a limiting factor, even though there is always enough to get you to the next landing pad. The problem is that you only have one pass at the pad; there is no reverse, and while you can slow down, there is no stopping. Four levels of difficulty from alien ships that do not shoot back to aliens shooting at you when coming down and after landing.
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- United States
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- Microcomputer Games, Inc.
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- Arcade
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- Action
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- Side view
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- Atari 8-bit
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- The Avalon Hill Game Company
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- 1982
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- Sci-Fi / Futuristic
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- Space Flight
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