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Moon Patrol (ムーンパトロール)

Released in 1982

Member Rating

***.5
(5 total votes)

Manufacturer: Williams
Developer: Williams
Distributor: Williams

Mame ROM Info
mpatrol, Moon Patrol

Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
240 x 248
Colors
192, Color
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Horizontal Scrolling
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
'Moon Patrol' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - drive moonbuggy over surface

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 3.072 Mhz
M6803 cpu @ 1.5 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 0.91 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 0.91 Mhz
MSM5205 audio @ 0.384 Mhz
MSM5205 audio @ 0.384 Mhz

Hardware Platform: Irem M52

Game Details

Licensed from Irem - you can shoot vertically and in front of your buggy - jump over craters, boulders, mines etc.
  • Published for Atari 2600, 5200, 400/800/XL/XE (USA) by Atari.
  • Published for Commodore 64 (USA) by Atarisoft.
  • Published for PC, PlayStation (USA) by Midway in Arcade's Greatest Hits: Midway Collection 2.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

***** by ubrokeme. Comment: "Sentimental indeed... great game." (2008-04-10 19:08:36Z)

***  by rupa. Comment: "sentimental value for me. " (2004-12-08 05:21:32Z)

**   by marminZ80. Comment: "This wasn't my favorite.. I kept crashing into those rocks." (2003-04-20 16:56:35Z)

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'Moon Patrol' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Moon Patrol' title screen
title screen
'Moon Patrol' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Moon Patrol' control panel
control panel
'Moon Patrol' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
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A Random Games-list
Game Name Manufacturer Year Pinout Class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V 005 Sega 1981 18 Wheeler Midway 1979 3D Bowling MED 1978 H 720 Degrees Atari Games 1986 800 Fathom USB 1982 H Aeroboto William
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/moon_patrol.txt
Moon Patrol ----------- Solder Side | Parts Side --------------------------------|-------------------------------- GND | A | 1 | GND GND | B | 2 | GND | C | 3 | Coin Counter B | D | 4 | Coin Counter A 2P.SLOW (Left) | E | 5 | 1P.SLOW (Left) 2P.FAST (Right) | F | 6 | 1P.FAST (Right) 2P.FIRE | H | 7 | 1P.FIRE
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/moon_patrol.txt - 6 K - Updated 2003.01.06
The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-bronzeagebyyear.html - 30 K - Updated 1999.10.29
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/moonpatrol.txt
I previouly swapped the FAST/SLOW pinouts along with my other changes. My harness was wired incorrectly and I am changing the FAST/SLOW back to original position. Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu) Modified 1-11-95: Gary Ransom (ransom@lobby.ti.com) Game: Moon Patrol 44 Pin Wiring List Solder Side Parts Side | --------------------------------|----------------------------------- GND | A | 1 |
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/moonpatrol.txt - 3 K - Updated 1996.04.16
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/moonpatrol.txt
Typed by Franklin Bowen (mjrhavoc@clark.net) 3/18/96 Thanks to Pauline at Video Connections who faxed them to me! I wish I knew what the # on PATROL CARS means. Moon Patrol switch settings DIP SWITCH SETTINGS DIP SWITCH NO. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS SWITCH NUMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/moonpatrol.txt - 5 K - Updated 1996.03.19
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: MCCARTHY Subj: New employee. If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new employee starting today. His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner cubicle just outside my office. Drop by and say Hi. _____
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt - 834 K - Updated 2004.09.13
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/moon_ranger.txt
Moon Ranger ----------- Solder Side | Parts Side --------------------------------|-------------------------------- GND | A | 1 | GND GND | B | 2 | GND | C | 3 | Coin Counter B | D | 4 | Coin Counter A 2P.SLOW (Left) | E | 5 | 1P.SLOW (Left) 2P.FAST (Right) | F | 6 | 1P.FAST (Right) 2P.FIRE | H | 7 | 1P.FIRE
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/moon_ranger.txt - 6 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/moonptrl.txt
WILLIAMS MOON PATROL COMP CKT -------- ------- 1 GND 2 GND 3 GND 4 GND 5 6 7 8 9 SLOW 10 11 FAST 12 13 FIRE 14 15 2 PL START 16 1 PL START 17 18 19 20 SYNC 21 +12V 22 +12V
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/moonptrl.txt - 2 K - Updated 1995.07.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
From: jeff hendrix <jhendrix@quark.com> To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'" Subject: RE: Univid 1000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:44:51 -0700 Here is a list of the harnesses and what boards they go to, I also might have a few harnesses for trade. UNIVID 1000 harness numbers Atari 101 Arabian 102 Centipede 103 Cloak & Dagger 104 Crystal Castle 105 Dig Dug 106 Food-Fight 107 I-Robot 108 Kangaroo 109 Liberator 110 Millipede 111 Pole Position 111 Pole Position II 112 Xevious Ce
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt - 3 K - Updated 2005.09.18
Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to identify unknown boards. This article gives some quick tips on how to figure out what the pinouts are for an unknown PCB. The text is moderately technical so if you're not sure what R
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971 'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972 'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973 'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973 'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973 'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973 'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973 'H','R','B','
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt - 18 K - Updated 1999.07.10

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