Luna City Police Department Seeks Trigger-Happy Hero. Apply Within!
WC reated by Irem and co-published with Williams Electronics, Moon Patrol was one of the premiere side-scrolling video games. It is recognized as the first arcade game with parallax scrolling, a computer graphics technique where foreground images move past the camera faster than the background images, generating a rich illusion of depth.
When you signed up with the Luna City Police Department, who would have thought that you’d be assigned to Sector Nine – home of the toughest thugs in the galaxy?
Your beat is divided into two courses: BEGINNER and CHAMPION. Each course is divided into 26 segments, marked by points A- Z. The gauge at the top of the screen indicates your location. The gauge is divided into five sections: A-E, F-J, K-O, P-T, and U-Z. At the end of each section, you’re awarded bonus points based on your travel time. The faster you complete a section, the more points you’ll score.
Sure, you’ve got the finest moon buggy on the force – complete with anti-gravity jump buttons and laser bullets – but in the rough terrain of Sector Nine, you need more than fancy equipment to survive.
Your enforcement vehicle is stacked! There are super absorbent shocks installed on all three axles providing the moon buggy with a smooth ride and the ability to hop lunar pits and land mines. A roof-mounted anti-aircraft gun can spray up to four bullets upward in tandem, while the forward cannon fires a single blast at boulders and oncoming assailants.
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Michael Thomasson is one of the most widely respected videogame historians in the field today. He currently teaches college level videogame history, design, and graphics courses. For television, Michael conducted research for MTV's videogame related program Video MODS. In print, he authored Downright Bizarre Games, and has contributed to nearly a dozen gaming texts. Michael’s historical columns have been distributed in newspapers and magazines worldwide. He has written business plans for several vendors and managed a dozen game-related retail stores spanning three decades. Michael consults for multiple video game and computer museums and has worked on nearly a hundred game titles on Atari, Coleco, Sega and other console platforms. In 2014, The Guinness Book of World Records declared that Thomasson had “The Largest Videogame Collection” in the world. His businesses sponsor gaming tradeshows and expos across the US and Canada. Visit www.GoodDealGames.com.
