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* CheckPoint: Twenty-six of them, labeled A through Z. You earn time bonuses for reaching certain checkpoints (E, J, O, T, and Z) within a certain amount of time.

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* CheckPoint: Twenty-six of them, labeled A through Z. You earn time bonuses for reaching certain checkpoints (E, J, O, T, and Z) within a certain amount of time. The Atari 2600 version replaces them with small x's, though they work the same (and were marked by letters in some prototypes).
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* GameMod: The unreleased UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}} prototype version was suspected to be modded into ''Matt Patrol'', where some of the [=UFOs=] were modded into Music/{{Devo}} hats and flying bras.

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* GameMod: The unreleased UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}} Platform/{{ColecoVision}} prototype version was suspected to be modded into ''Matt Patrol'', where some of the [=UFOs=] were modded into Music/{{Devo}} hats and flying bras.
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* MotionParallax: The UrExample for the trope's use in [=2D=] video games.

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* MotionParallax: The This is the UrExample for of the trope's use in [=2D=] 2D video games.games. There is only one parallax --the far background made of bluish rocky formations-- that runs at a different speed than the brown-and-green foreground where the moon buggy is.
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* CheckPoint: Twenty-six of them, labeled A through Z. You earn time bonuses for reaching certain check points (E, J, O, T, and Z) within a certain amount of time.

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* CheckPoint: Twenty-six of them, labeled A through Z. You earn time bonuses for reaching certain check points checkpoints (E, J, O, T, and Z) within a certain amount of time.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Your buggy takes any kind of damage? You explode. End of story.

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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Your buggy takes any kind of damage? You explode. End of story.It explodes. Watch your surroundings!
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->''"Your Mission is to patrol Sector Nine and eliminate all hostile threats to you and your Moon Rover"''
-->-- Excerpt from the manual of the Game Boy Color port.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Your buggy takes any kind of damage? You explode. End of story.
* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: There are no PowerUps or helps of any kind. If it's not flat land, it will kill you. Some of the [=UFOs=] even have special bombs that make additional craters in the surface, just to dick with you while you're fighting them.


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* OneHitPointWonder: Your buggy is... not robust. Even rolling over a tiny rock is instant death.

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* ParallaxScrolling: The UrExample for the trope's use in [=2D=] video games.

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* ParallaxScrolling: MotionParallax: The UrExample for the trope's use in [=2D=] video games.
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* ParallaxScrolling: The UrExample for the trope's use in [=2D=] video games.
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''Moon Patrol'' is an ArcadeGame by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.

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''Moon Patrol'' is an ArcadeGame UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.
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* CheckPoint: You earn time bonuses for reaching check points within a certain amount of time.

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* CheckPoint: Twenty-six of them, labeled A through Z. You earn time bonuses for reaching certain check points (E, J, O, T, and Z) within a certain amount of time.



* ScoringPoints: For shooting down [=UFOs=], tanks, and rocks.

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* ScoringPoints: For shooting down [=UFOs=], tanks, cars, and rocks.rocks; for jumping over craters, rocks, land mines, and tanks; and for reaching certain checkpoints (as explained above). Bonus points are awarded for reaching those checkpoints fast enough.

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'''Moon Patrol''' (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru?) is an arcade game by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.

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'''Moon Patrol''' (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru?) ''Moon Patrol'' is an arcade game ArcadeGame by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.



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An arcade-exclusive SpiritualSuccessor, ''Horizon'', was released by Irem in 1985.
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* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames



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* GameMod: The unreleased UsefulNotes/{{ColecoVision}} prototype version was suspected to be modded into ''Matt Patrol'', where some of the [=UFOs=] were modded into Music/{{Devo}} hats and flying bras.
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* ShootEmUp

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* ShootEmUpShootEmUp
* SideView
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'''Moon Patrol''' (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru?) is an arcade game by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.

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'''Moon Patrol''' (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru?) is an arcade game by Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to Williams [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.
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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 that was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.

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'''Moon Patrol''' (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru?) is an arcade game by Irem Creator/{{Irem}} released in 1982 that was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.
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* CheckPoints: You earn time bonuses for reaching check points within a certain amount of time.

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* CheckPoints: CheckPoint: You earn time bonuses for reaching check points within a certain amount of time.
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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 that was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. It was also ported to various consoles and home computers by Creator/{{Atari}} and Creator/MidwayGames.

In the game you control a moon buggy that must travel between checkpoints on the moon's surface while avoiding crashing into rocks and mines, falling into craters, and being destroyed by [=UFOs=] and tanks firing shots at you.
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!!This game provides examples of
* CheckPoints: You earn time bonuses for reaching check points within a certain amount of time.
* EndlessGame: The game loops the last level indefinitely until you run out of buggies.
* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
* ScoringPoints: For shooting down [=UFOs=], tanks, and rocks.
* ShootEmUp

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