Moon Patrol 1983 Atari

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Moon Patrol (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru) is an arcade game by Irem released in 1982. It was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. Moon Patrol is widely credited for the introduction of parallax scrolling in side-scrolling video games. Taito's Jungle Hunt side-scroller, released the same year as Moon Patrol, also features parallax scrolling.
The player takes the role of a Luna City police officer assigned to Sector Nine, the home of the "toughest thugs in the galaxy". The player controls a moon buggy that travels over the moon's surface, viewing it from the side as it moves towards the right side of the screen. While driving it, obstacles such as craters and mines must be avoided, and various enemies such as UFOs from above and tanks on the ground must be shot down.
Gameplay is within a number of courses, and each is divided into 26 checkpoints, named after the letters of the English alphabet. Of these, the five major checkpoints—E, J, O, T and, Z—denote a new "stage" with a new background and theme; for example, the third stage starting at J introduces mines. The top portion of the screen shows a timeline-style map of the course, with the five major checkpoints clearly marked. Above the map is an indicator of the current checkpoint, the time spent in the stage, and three indicator lights: the top light indicates upcoming enemy aerial attacks, the middle one indicates an upcoming minefield, and the bottom one indicates enemies approaching from behind.
At the end of a stage, that time spent is compared to the average, and bonus points are awarded accordingly, at 1,000 plus 100 per second bettered; completing an entire course gives an additional 5,000 points plus 100 per second bettered. There are two unique courses: the "Beginner Course" and the "Champion Course". The Champion Course "loops" forever, and each loop is numbered for convenience, up to 3.
Extra lives are given at 10,000 points, and per 20,000 scored up to 50,000; thereafter, no more lives. Game ends if last patrol car is destroyed. Can be continued, but points scored from one game cannot carry over. 999,990 points is the maximum high score that can be achieved; players can exceed this score, but game keeps last 6 digits.

Moon Patrol foi um jogo de arcade lançado pela Irem em 1983, e que ganhou versões para o Atari 2600, computadores e celular (J2ME, Lunar Patrol). Em Moon Patrol, o jogador controla um carro lunar, e seu objetivo é patrulhar todo o território, destruindo naves alienígenas, saltando crateras e desviando de outros obstáculos. Na versão para Atari 2600, o jogador tinha como opção habilitar a música do jogo, bastando apenas colocar a chave de dificuldade “A-B” na posição B. Essa chave ficava atrás do aparelho de vídeo game.


Some well known Atari 2600 emulators today are:
Stella - An open source, multiplatform emulator (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, Wii, GP2X).
z26 -- Another open source, multiplatform customizable emulator (Windows, MS-DOS, Linux)
javatari -- Open-source, multiplatform Java based emulator with network multiplayer features and a real console panel user interface.
PC Atari Emulator -- Easy to use, very fast emulator (Windows, MS-DOS). Handles the Cosmic Ark starfield effect correctly.
MESS -- the multi system emulator that supports all old Atari console systems
The Pocket VCS -- PPC -- Easy to use, very fast and emulator (Windows Mobile).
GP2X-2600 -- An emulator for the GP2X handheld console.

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