I'm 45. As a kid I didn't like videogames that much but loved arcade and pinball machines. Played then from 1981 to the early 90s. I discovered your channel last week, through an KZitem recomendation, and just loved it. Not because of the nostalgia, I'm not that type, but because I'm a journalist and I really like to see a story well written and told. My favorite part of your videos is when you compare the arcade game to it's console and computer versions. Sometimes, watching your videos, I laugh remembering me and my friends, back in the day, a little bit confused asking ourselves why the Atari, MSX or Odyssey versions weren't as cool as the arcade's. Keep the amazing work, man!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I appreciate the nice words especially coming from a journalist. I'm Glad you enjoy my content and hope you continue to do so. Thanks
@kbramlett6877
4 жыл бұрын
"The last time I saw something this slow and choppy, I was watching a Ginsu Knife commercial." Another one of your classic quotes. Is there anyone else out there that catches his one liners?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, thanks. Hardly anybody else comments on them so I just assume people don't think I'm funny :-)
@kbramlett6877
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries There are probably many people who just don't get your reference jokes.
@residentelect
4 жыл бұрын
@@kbramlett6877 My personal favourites are the set-up gags, always followed by; "Noooo, I'm not talking about..." Lol it's the utter randomness which always has me howling 😂
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
@@kbramlett6877 Sorry I didn't see your comment before. That could be it :-)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
@@residentelect Thanks, I was a sure people are getting tired of those or not
@one7decimal2eight
4 жыл бұрын
I believe this is one of the first arcade games I ever played. I was 4 or 5 and had to stand on a milk crate. My mom hit the fire button and I controlled the vehicle. We played it at the local Ben Franklin. It was a hobby store I believe.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's very cool, I love reading stories about families bonding over videogames
@idolx1
4 жыл бұрын
I wish we had an arcade game or two at the Ben Franklin that I worked at throughout high school!
@ryecatcher25
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I'd eat moon pies while playing moon patrol. Totally immersive!!!
@nux3960
4 жыл бұрын
who asked you smartass?!
@jnnx
4 жыл бұрын
Tmi
@74Spyderman
4 жыл бұрын
Did you wear moon boots?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@robertelliott2216
4 жыл бұрын
9bits wrote a four word sentence that they had to edit and still got it wrong!! Some people are beyond stupid.
@dub2536
4 жыл бұрын
I played this in the arcade a dozen times or so. I played it on my friends 2600 for dozens of hours and felt it was a fun game. It was one of the better games for the 2600 IMO. Great video. God bless.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice words
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a review last week for the 2600 and they had the music turned off!
@dub2536
2 жыл бұрын
@@sandal_thong8631 that is odd as In most games the music makes me enjoy it more. Just my humble opinion. Perhaps they turned the music off in order to not distort their narration?!.
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
@@dub2536 I had the feeling they didn't know there was music.
@dub2536
2 жыл бұрын
@@sandal_thong8631 In truth I cannot remember whether there was music for the 2600. The Iast time I played it was on some emulation of the arcade version.
@pat8593
4 жыл бұрын
i grew up in maine and rarely saw most of these games. the fair had a hundred or so for a week every year. its great remembering being a kid and not just the games but the places they were at. great channel .
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I can recall going to carnivals and seeing a row of five or six Pac-Man machines lined up side-by-sideIn each one of them full.
@maples328
4 жыл бұрын
Moon Patrol & Dig Dug & Tron was my fav trio in the Arcade 🤗
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Those are all classics
@CanadianRetroThings
4 жыл бұрын
I loved playing this game on my Apple 2 back in the 80's, and I have to admit that I still enjoy dusting off the old 2C and playing this!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I never owned one but always wanted to back in the day
@stinkypinkeee5085
4 жыл бұрын
That was an excellent version...so fun...
@CanadianRetroThings
4 жыл бұрын
@@stinkypinkeee5085 Last night I was looking through some old Apple disks I found in a Salvation Army store and found a grey scale version that seems to run smoother than the colour version!
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
The last video I watched said the Apple II version was bad. I can't see Apple Computers last much longer with such low-quality games.
@jeenkzk5919
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite games! Just as much fun today as it was new!! The sound it top notch. The blowing up the rocks sound effect is very satisfying
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely it is :-)
@jamesnoble8205
4 жыл бұрын
I hated when you jumped over a crater just to not be able to avoid landing on a rock on the way over lol
@SomeOrangeCat
4 жыл бұрын
And thanks to this being a smash hit, we were blessed with other Irem classics like R-Type.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@humb1s3rvant
4 жыл бұрын
I also enjoy Kickle Cubicle on NES...it is creative and fun, while gets hard but not impossible
@leadbones
4 жыл бұрын
Not just the first video game I ever played, but one of my earliest vivid memories. Played this at a Round Table Pizza in 1982 when I was 3 or 4, and instantly became obsessed with video games for life. It completely blew my mind and shaped my future.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It was a classic that's for sure. Thank you for sharing
@DkViking1
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite game mechanic of this great game, is the ability to brake by moving left or speed up the buggy by moving right on the joystick. 🕹 This gives you the ability clear the courses faster, or to dodge the incoming bombs from the UFOs. 🛸 I love this game! ❤️ Great video, sir! 👍🏻
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it
@stjabraham
5 ай бұрын
What a great and comprehensive video. Love your content. Always loved Moon Patrol from when I first saw my cousin play it in the deli in our country town. When it came out on Atari 2600 we played it till our hands cramped up with RSI! Thanks for this retrospective.
@gobzdzilla
4 жыл бұрын
There's a special place in my heart for Irem arcade games.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
They give me the warm Fuzzies too :-)
@leadbones
4 жыл бұрын
Metal Storm has always been a particular favorite of mine. Still play it pretty often. But yeah, Irem seldom gets the repsect it's due.
@gobzdzilla
4 жыл бұрын
@@leadbones Metal Strom was crazy. Alert screens before bosses were classy AF. My top dog was Kung Fu but I really liked In The Hunt, Undercover Cops and Hook too. Respect to GunForce II also for being basically Metal Slug 0. Lots of talent came out of that company.
@Dorelaxen
4 жыл бұрын
Never got to play the actual arcade back in the day, but I sure did play the hell out of the 2600 version. That little theme will always be with me.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It still rattles around in my head to this day
@bsard
4 жыл бұрын
Same. I have a few mp3 (from the time we used to download mp3) with bands playing the tune.
@Loader2K1
4 жыл бұрын
I was a baby when this arcade game was originally released, but I was able to spot the gameplay mechanics being used here in another well-known video game series: Metal Slug. To be more precise, the moon buggy seems to move almost identically to the Metal Slug tank. I guess it's no coincidence that the guy that created Moon Patrol would go on to create the Metal Slug series, LOL. Nice video.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I never put it together until now either but you are right. The tank mechanics are very similar. Good call, thanks
@TFEnright5
2 жыл бұрын
I remember first playing this while waiting for my dad to pick me up after seeing my first concert, Devo. Damn I loved the eighties!
@markcrooks2455
4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how many games from 1982 I loved. I must have been really busy in the arcade!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, you and me both
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
They say it was "the golden age." Funny, I once got invited into a an office's game room that had really bad arcade games that I could play for free for an hour. I guess they couldn't sell them!
@handsomebrick
4 жыл бұрын
According to a Guru Larry video this was probably the hot game of 1982, I find that unbelievable considering it came out in arcades alongside DK Jr., Dig Dug, Q-Bert, Joust, Zaxxon, Robotron, Burgertime, Gravitar, and Bump 'n' Jump, I really have no idea which one I'd have wanted to play most if I was in arcades back then. And there was River Raid and Pitfall on consoles, and Ultima 2 and The Hobbit on computers, what a crazy year that must have been.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I know moon patrol was popular Back then But to say it was hotter than donkey Kong Junior or Dig dug or Qbert I am not too sure. Those were all massive games. That's why they call it the Golden age of arcade :-)
@penuts17
3 жыл бұрын
Patman - i really enjoy all of your videos a lot. One little detail that always makes me smile is that in each video when you say “the year was 19__ ...” you always show a poster for a popular movie of that year without commenting on it. Those little touches are awesome. Keep it up!!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice words. I like to put in movies that I saw growing up just to bring people back :-)
@madmax2069
Жыл бұрын
when I was a kid in the 80s Moon Patrol and Joust was my favorites. And I just learned about a homebrew port of Moon Patrol (called Lunar Patrol) for the Atari 7800 and looks absolutely amazing for an early work in progress.
@CyclesMcHurtz
4 жыл бұрын
This game was the first one I tried to replicate at home with some (terrible at the time) coding skills, and got me to move into assembly language programming. Definitely the catalyst to my career.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's very cool
@gatti493
4 жыл бұрын
every time i see a picture of one of these history of posts i get a massive nostalgia spike , love it
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Hope you like it :-)
@gatti493
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries We had great times in the 80s, sabre wolf on as spectrum, great days
@randomscandinavian6094
4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about requesting this but here it is already. Glad someone else did! This is one of the games I played the most, on a coctail table in a bowling alley Oslo, Norway. Also enjoyed Moon Buggy on the C64. Thought I had gotten to the end/loop but I don’t remember any plants from below so maybe I dreamt it.
@lordtraust
4 жыл бұрын
The arcade game at a marine park was the first time I ever played a computer game back in '83/84. Haven't stopped playing since.
@nsdeg1970
4 жыл бұрын
I remember when the local arcade got this game. I got to know the guy that worked there, and he was really bragging up the game. He was really bragging about the parallax scrolling. I don't recall his exact explanation. I was impressed that you mentioned this from the go. If I recall, he was bragging about the amount of dedicated RAM for each of the mountain layers. It's funny to look back at how my younger self just brushed it off as meh. Now I find it pretty impressive. I also find it impressive how the home ports created the same effect with ingenious split scrolling and character set pixel shifting.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It was pretty impressive at the time and like I said this was the first game to use it. Thanks for watching
@swanofnutella4734
4 жыл бұрын
In 1987 I was in 6th grade and we had a 'typing' class that used really rudimentary computers. Due to limited computers, we were assigned a buddy and took turns. There was some sort of ultra simple program intended to run you through typing exercises. On Fridays, we played a crappy version of Moon Patrol as a treat. Probably a version you didn't bother covering. If it was one of the versions you covered I couldn't tell ...The school had those all-orange monitors, so if the game had more than 1 color, we didn't know it.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's cool, I can recall those orange monitors :-)
@DemitriVladMaximov
4 жыл бұрын
What I remember most about this is the fact Gary Owens voiced the commercials. Never played the game but love the narrator's work and he has a deep connection with my childhood.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Is that Gary owen In the commercial? I was trying to place the voice but couldn't. Thanks for the nice words, glad you enjoyed the content
@DemitriVladMaximov
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yep the voice of Space Ghost, Roger Ramjet, and host and narrator of countless TV specials himself Gary Owens. And please keep up the good work.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
@@DemitriVladMaximov Very cool, thank you for the info
@lo1bo2
4 жыл бұрын
Moon Patrol and Elevator Action are two classic arcade games that bring me back to my childhood, because for a long time they were in my local bowling alley.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
They are both classics, sounds like my bowling alley :-)
@fan1701
3 жыл бұрын
Music gets in my head from time to time still. It is one of the few machines I cannot just walk by and not play at least once. I love the 2600 version of this game as limited as it is.
@adimifus
4 жыл бұрын
I used to play this on my C64 in the 90s. I know the C64 and Moon Patrol were from the early 80s, but my family's first computer was a hand-me-down C64 in the early 90s. I'm used to the gameplay and music being faster though, since we had an NTSC C64 here in the US.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's what I had as well
@cheddarcheese7928
4 жыл бұрын
I still hear this rockin music when it’s quiet since this game was at Turner’s ice cream shop for years back in the 80’s..
@tomcrowell6697
4 жыл бұрын
MOONPATROL! I loved this game as a kid. I played it all the time in computer class bc I coded really fast. This was back on an old apple 2e. Great game!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed it
@daiichidoku
4 жыл бұрын
his name is not "blob"...that funny looking "capital B" is actually the german way of doing "ss"; his name is pronounced "ur-gen bloss"...jurgen bloss...bloss, not blob ;)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
What can I say, my Germans a little rusty :-)
@daiichidoku
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries np, it happens a lot...i still have to rethink a word when i see that symbol, as i read it as a "B" more often than not myself :)
@kevinkingslayer2450
Жыл бұрын
I had this game on Atari when I was a kid, I NEVER knew it was actually a port of the obviously much better arcade game😮..... Thanks again Patman, and stay strong and blessed!!!🙏😉✌
@kyleolson8977
4 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of subtle graphic touches in the game. I really like the way the wheels bounce along the ground with the terrain.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I agree, I like the way the wheels bounce off the Buggy when it explodes
@NappieRash
Ай бұрын
Patman thankyou for all your videos on old-school arcade games ...... Hope you are feeling better bro !!!! Peace Out 🎉
@bigbossman2810
4 жыл бұрын
The first version I played was the Apple II version, but it was on a non-colored monitor (only green & black). I got so used to playing the 2600 version, that when I played the arcade version, I had a hard time pressing a button to jump.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, I have encountered that before. I learned to play marble madness on the Commodore 64 and Amiga using the joystick because I had never seen an arcade cabinet. Years later I finally come across one and since it uses a trackball I can't do anything with the game LOL
@townlinetim876
4 жыл бұрын
Great video of an arcade classic. I’m loving your channel and all the videos. You deserve a million subscribers and it’s up to us to get you there.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, that's very nice of you to say
@Arsenic71
4 жыл бұрын
I've always loved Moon Patrol on my C64. Oddly what fascinated me most was the movement of the wheels over the terrain.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
They are really smooth on the Commodore versionI agree
@barriewilson3719
4 жыл бұрын
I love and still play Moon patrol. First played it on the Atari 2600 and then Atari STe. Great game and another awesome video. Keepem coming.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I was really impressed with the Atari ST version. I was surprised how close the arcade it was
@MrSantiNumi
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I found your videos! I'll sure watch'em all! 🤩
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's very nice of you to say, thank you so much
@Hurtts101
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite Atari game as a kid. Was pleasantly surprised to see it on PS4 in the Arcade Archives section:)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It's cool were seeing all these old games get rereleased
@wanderandargo
Жыл бұрын
I had a lot of fun with this game when I was a kid on our family's Tandy 1000. I played it for hours
@JerrySnook
4 жыл бұрын
Good video. FYI this got an Arcade Archives version done by the excellent Hamster recently for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4. It is well done, although getting the chance to sit down with the game long-term does show the issue with the 3 minute rule. One of my favorite-looking arcade cabinets as well.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I will have to check it out on the switch I wasn't aware it came out until I posted this video. Thanks for the tip
@SiccDeville
4 жыл бұрын
wow. i remember playing this game on my c64 with my brothers in the 80's. very fun game.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed it on the Commodore
@skilletman16
4 жыл бұрын
Patman, I almost forgot about this game! You're making me realize that in the 80s and 90s I played way too many video games! Lol
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL you and me both my friend
@Hologhoul
4 жыл бұрын
"...turn off the sound so it's really like being on the moon" - haha! I agree the VCS one was good, they programmed the basics of the game accurately and included the right physics and feel on the buggy. A nice game.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It really was very good
@Skys2005
Жыл бұрын
My dad in 80 used to play, this game on arcade machine in Poland. I'm going to instal this to my emulator! This game is looking awesome!
@retro-rock3067
3 ай бұрын
This game was also released for the Sord M5 and the very rare and obscure Nec Pc-8001MkII. Thankfully they have both been founded probably 4 years to late to play it now
@tuxysmagicaljukebox5431
Жыл бұрын
Takashi Nishiyama is such a legend. He created Moon Patrol, Kung-Fu Master, then when to Capcom where he created Section-Z, Trojan, Legendary Wings and Street Fighter, and produced Mega Man 1, then went to SNK and created Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and was the producer for the King of Fighters series for many years, then him and fellow SNK alumni formed DIMPS. He deserves more recognition. He is worthy of the same praise as Shigeru Miyamoto.
@JH-ot5mn
2 жыл бұрын
Weird location - There was a full size arcade cabinet of this game inside of the Marion County(Indianapolis) Juvenile Detention Center back in the early 90's. How do I know - I spent a wonderful 3 months there for being a delinquent. Anytime we had rec time, I played it, so naturally, I never forget this game, and especially that theme.
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
Funny, just read that arcades got a bad reputation for delinquency after the Crash of 1983.
@illustriouschin
4 жыл бұрын
Moon Patrol for the green and black Apple II was either the first or second video game I ever saw. I thought it was astonishing. The other game being RC Pro Am for NES but I couldn't hardly play it.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It was definitely ahead of the time
@shinigami146
4 жыл бұрын
I like your positive note on the ZX Spectrum version. Pretty clever!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, thank you
@MrJBRPG
4 жыл бұрын
I actually found that Moon Patrol cabinet at Emporium SF and works very well. Trying to speed through as fast as I could.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's what I would try to do as well :-)
@electricheadboy
4 жыл бұрын
The game (in the arcade) changed my life when I was a kid.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It was always one of my favorites
@radish6691
4 жыл бұрын
In what way did this game change your life?
@electricheadboy
4 жыл бұрын
Paul G maybe was a bit of an overstatement, but I think it was the first game that I could get into, do ok at, was exciting for me. There were other games that I liked ok before I found it, but I couldn’t get the same enjoyment from them.
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
It made me forego swimming to play it, Jungle Hunt and Turbo at the rec center.
@mcdoctorglock
4 жыл бұрын
I loved metal slug, I didn't know it was the same designer/programmer. Also, could we get a video on Time Pilot? I used to play that and Joust at the local supermarket while my mom would get groceries. Win/win for both of us, back in the day when you could leave your child unattended.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
If I can find something interesting to talk about with those games then absolutely
@lepionnier3418
4 жыл бұрын
The story is not over yet ! See you Moon Patrol on October 10th with Amico from Intellivision Entertainement ! :) A really small demo is available on the application "Amico Club". A complete level should be available in a few days or weeks. Thanks PatmanQC.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, looking forward to the remake
@type2red
4 жыл бұрын
“...and he went on to create street fighter, fatal fury, king of fighters and metal slug!!!!” me: wait what? this man is a genius then!!!! lol
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I knew he created Street fighter but was unaware of the rest of his resume.
@residentelect
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Neither did I?! I suddenly had a flashback to the Simpsons episode where Lisa is trying to convince Homer that pork, bacon, ham etc all come from one animal 🤣 *"Yeah, Yeah, Lisa... One magical animal!"* This guy literally is the delicious pig of the arcade world lol... Edit: Erm, hope he isn't kosher, or Muslim, because I've possibly just deeply offended the man?! 🤔
@Fluoride_Jones
4 жыл бұрын
+sebas tuon Well, alright then! Thank you for the history lesson, Mr. Tuon! ;D I was a huge fan of EGM growing up. Unfortunately, I no longer have my library of magazines, as they are lost to the sands of time. I had just been thinking that it would be nice to find some old issues from when I was an avid reader of the mag. I would definitely purchase them!
@rossknowles5608
4 жыл бұрын
great game. also... kudos on the video production values too
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I appreciate The nice words
@Thebigpayback
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice, a great game for sure! I remember playing it in the arcade but certainly never made it to the final level.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@AnimeHyperDimention
4 жыл бұрын
A great game ... as a child I was very happy to play it ... once I thought about doing a remake ... where when you fall into the wells and lose tires ... until you lose them all and explode.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It is definitely a classic
@krisbleakley9455
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the first arcades I ever played. A local sporting club had a table top version.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I had never seen one of those, very cool
@gordon12082006
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, i still play the Atari 2600 game now and then. The ZX spectrum version is shocking.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I know, I couldn't believe how bad it was. Thank you
@FranciscoMartinez-ot7wi
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, I knew of moon patrol thru Atari 2600 and loved it, Still have the catridge, was one of the few that had music on those days for Atari 2600, I just downloaded the mame rom to play it!!!
@Gamevet
4 жыл бұрын
My brother and i went to the National Videogame Museum on Tuesday. He played a round of Moon Patrol in their arcade. I didn't play it, because I wore out the game on the C64.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool, where is the museum at?
@Gamevet
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Frisco Texas, 15 miles North of Dallas. They give you 4 tokens with your $12 admission. The arcade is the last spot you'll visit in the museam. It had a stand up Star Wars, Street Fighter 2, Gorf, Donkey Kong, Mappy, Missilve Command, Asteroids deluxe, Centipede, Punchout!!!, Battle Zone, Dragon's Lair, An old Sega shooting gallery and about 8 or 10 other titles that I can't recall.
@Chbond00765
4 жыл бұрын
would love to see you do a history of the arcade game star castle, thank you, love your channel.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Depends if I can find anything interesting to talk about. Glad you enjoy my content
@brianhenderson8362
4 жыл бұрын
I drank many big gulps at 7-11 with a pocket full of quarters playing this and TRON, until my mom would come track me down and pull me out of the store. Some of my favorite times from the 80's 😎
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, that was back when arcade games were essentially everywhere :-)
@midnightkitty8172
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the games that ate up what little money I had as a kid.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy playing it
@flavirufus
4 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel. Love your videos. Guessing you’re somewhere here in the Quad cities. Every time I take my son to Northpark Mall, I point down to where Aladdin’s castle used to be and where are used to spend most of my weekend afternoons. Man do I miss the old days of arcades. Glad to have discovered galloping ghost up by Chicago. Amazing arcade. Keep up the good work!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've been in the Quad cities all my life. Every time I'm at that end of Northpark mall I reminisce about Aladdin's castle as well :-) I've never been to galloping ghost. When I was able to go I didn't have any friends that were into retro games as much as I was and I wasn't going to make the three hour trip to Chicago each way by myself. Now that my son is old enough unfortunately I'm now disabled and wouldn't be able to enjoy it. Glad you enjoy my content, thanks
@jamesnoble8205
4 жыл бұрын
I always found the wheels flying off in all directions when you blow up amusing
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
So did I, I always thought the animation on this part was really well done
@joshbrekke6374
3 жыл бұрын
I really like moon patrol! I have since I first played it in 1983 while on a school sponsored ski trip at Buck Hill
@residentelect
4 жыл бұрын
Oooooh the Nostalgia!!!! 🤣 Another reliable stalwart of the 80s/90s British seaside amusement arcade 👍 And I'm afraid I must defend my trusty (but rusty) C64, as I recieved the tape for my birthday one year and absolutely loved it!! Especially considering the other tape I recieved was Robocop, and we all know what happened there... Damn you Ocean Software!!! Forgot to ask the last time I commented, Patman; do your kids like retro gaming? My old man was a pinball champ in his teens and twenties, so he'd often hang out with me in the arcades on holiday... Probably more for the peace and quiet due to mum being back at the caravan, rather than serious father-son bonding 😆
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
You really got screwed with that Robocop tape LOL my son likes all videogames. He will sit and play Mame with me but he mostly just likes watching those darned KZitem videos. My dad wasn't into pinball back in the day but my brother was which is where I picked up my love for it as well. My son and I like to play the Lego games together but will also play rocket league and even a few games of fortnight.
@kennyjohnson8148
4 жыл бұрын
Great show! I love hearing about how my old favorites were made. 👍
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@evaristoquiroz3806
4 жыл бұрын
The sounds are so memorable.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Yes they are :-)Him
@SxSxG666
4 жыл бұрын
One of my all times favorite... I would love to see a sequel.
@Barcrest
4 жыл бұрын
I had this on my Commodore plus/4 and loved it.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware it came up for the plus 4
@Barcrest
4 жыл бұрын
Well it was a c16 game really but i had it on my plus/4. The playability was good even if it lacked in the graphic department. There are gameplay videos on youtube. It was called moon patrol but probably not sure if it was licenced.
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
I had a VIC-20. Then my father sent me a Plus/4 with no tape cassette, no joystick and no disk drive, since they used different sockets. All I could do was print out, until I spent over $100 to buy a disk drive. And still I had no games, except what I made or typed from a magazine.
@STR82DVD
Жыл бұрын
This is the game that ended the era of the one quarter heroes at arcades. Brings new meaning to chasing ghosts.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Indeed
@tomjuhasz326
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the best arcade tunes. I'm surprised you never touched on the sequel tho.
@vladvalcu2125
4 жыл бұрын
Your my favorite gamer,and Video game nerd, 2 of the best,i watch your videos from Romania so i just want you to know that you have fans even in Romania 😘
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for the nice words. I have never spoken to anybody from Romania So cheers from the United States :-)
@datarecoverysweden
4 жыл бұрын
The ZX Spectrum had a clone of moon patrol called Moon Alert, it was the only moon patrol type game at the time on that platform. But it played well.
@Utmahr
4 жыл бұрын
On ZX Spectrum there was also Moon Alert, same concept and quite playable.
@jamesanthony8438
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this one in the arcade and used to have it on the 2600, but someone stole it. And yeah, the music was great =)
@Lonsters_Retro_Arcade
Жыл бұрын
I loved this game. It was simple yet extremely difficult at the same time
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it was the perfect balance
@davidxan
4 жыл бұрын
The arcade archives version on Nintendo Switch is the best version of Moon Patrol yet!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I will check it out thanks
@SamSarracino
4 жыл бұрын
Takashi Nishiyama is a god! I played Moon Patrol on Atari 2600 when I was 4, Megaman and Street Fighter when I was six, Street fighter II, Fatal Fury, and Art of Fighting. I am a competitive fighting gamer to this day. This guy has probably had more of an influence in my life than my dad!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL,It's amazing the amount of classic games this guy has had a hand in developing
@SamSarracino
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yeah. It's a personal thing for me, you know. I'm a big fan of Ryo Sakazaki's and get really pissed when people call him Ryu's ripoff. These people are clearly ignorant and don't know they are both children of the same dad (along with Terry, and Robert who are also in my team).
@streamer_services
2 жыл бұрын
That damn tank that always comes up behind always killed me....hated that stupid thing
@LaidOffProd
4 жыл бұрын
It's also available on Nintendo Switch as part of their Arcade Archives collection.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I just found that out when I posted this videoThanks
@bigbossman2810
4 жыл бұрын
I love the way in which you detail the games in your documentaries. Will you be doing a video on P.O.W., Time Pilot, or Yie Ar Kung Fu?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the nice words. Those are all classy game so I'm sure I will get them at some point
@JTSDAD67
Жыл бұрын
I liked the DEVO hats flying around in the Colecovision one.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL could call
@BioClone
3 жыл бұрын
Mine was the 5200 version, never noticed how many versions this game had o.O
@foxfireinferno3547
3 жыл бұрын
Gary Owens makes even the dorkiest commercials fun.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
3 жыл бұрын
LOL no kidding
@adyjw33
4 жыл бұрын
This one was one of my favorites
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Mine as well
@toonman361
4 жыл бұрын
OMG, my favorite video game ever! Thank you so much.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching
@toonman361
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I remember playing it on my Radio Shack Color Computer as well... although I don't know if it was licensed.
@humb1s3rvant
4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard or seen this one. Awesome video! Thank you pmqc good sir, kind sir
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it
@NeilVanceNeilVance
4 жыл бұрын
Great vid thanx, This was one of the best, I played it back in the day at an arcade in Portrush Northern Ireland. Gonna load up MAME now and play it :)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I always wanted to go to Ireland :-)
@NerveSalad
4 жыл бұрын
I really loved Moon Patrol and still do! I used to create my own soundtracks for the 2600, because the music would drive me nuts.. I would turn the music off and (most likely) play a Van Halen record or something. I hated that music for the game.. the melody line always made me crazy. It's like when some person that really doesn't know how to play guitar comes up to me and says "Check out this sweet riff I wrote"... Easily one of my favorite old school go-to games, and I lost many quarters to it back in the day. Please do Rygar sometime!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It's on my request list
@flightofapaullo72
4 жыл бұрын
Such a cool game! I play it all the time! Great video!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@dr.christopherdiaz4473
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid in the 80s, I played these games never knowing they were arcade ports. I thought Street Fighter II was the first time an arcade hit came to a home console.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
There were a lot of games back in the early 80s I didn't realize were arcade games initially either
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
Someone said little kids didn't know better when the games were bad ports of the arcade because they didn't go to the arcade! (Today kids go to an arcade to win tickets and/or prizes, like a carnival midway.) I think the Crash of 1983 could have been averted if Atari had retired the 2600 instead of selling 2-5 million more with a bad Pac-Man port. I imagine a "give it to your little brother" ad campaign to sell either the 5200 or the ColecoVision. Dodge 'Em and Indy 500 were games I didn't know were arcade games in the 1970s. But thinking about the latter, I do remember an old game with an oil slick you had to avoid (which I don't think made it into the home game). I did get to play the arcade cabinet version of Night Driver at a science museum. (I didn't have that one at home.)
@vincemiller234
4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game on my Atari 5200. Loved it.
@sandal_thong8631
2 жыл бұрын
Much as I like Moon Patrol and Berzerk for the 2600, I think they should have retired it in favor of the 5200, or not released arcade ports to it. "Give it to your little brother" should have been their ad campaign to sell 5200s. And considering they released 32 games in 1983 including Ernie, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar, Pigs in Space, Sorcerer's Apprentice and Snoopy, it made it seem like a kid's system.
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