Moon Patrol Atari 5200 Super System (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 video game is about the player must control a lunar vehicle, viewing it from a perspective which allows him to see the vehicle moving on the surface of the Moon. While you must bypass and avoid obstacles, such as craters or mines, the stroller is also attacked by UFOs from the air and by tanks from the ground. Moon Patrol was one of the first video games of these characteristics and the first video game Parallax scrolling

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Arcade (original)Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, VIC-20, MSX, IBM PC, TI-99/4A, TRS-80 Color Computer

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