<s>
is	O
a	O
1982	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Irem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
Takashi	O
Nishiyama	O
,	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
is	O
often	O
credited	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
full	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
in	O
side-scrolling	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
conversion	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Irem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
five	O
top-grossing	O
arcade	O
games	O
on	O
North	O
America	O
's	O
monthly	O
RePlay	O
charts	O
by	O
January	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
received	O
a	O
Certificate	O
of	O
Merit	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
1984	O
Best	O
Science	O
Fiction/	O
Fantasy	O
Video	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Mace	O
of	O
InfoWorld	O
stated	O
that	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
was	O
his	O
favorite	O
Atarisoft	O
game	O
,	O
making	O
good	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Games	O
magazine	O
called	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
conversion	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
good	O
"	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
thinking	O
man	O
's	O
killing	O
game	O
"	O
while	O
noting	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
continue	O
feature	O
like	O
Vanguard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1985	O
,	O
Computer	O
&	O
Video	O
Games	O
rated	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
version	O
33	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
and	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
retro	O
compilations	O
Arcade	O
Hits	O
:	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
&	O
Spy	O
Hunter	O
for	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
and	O
Midway	O
Presents	O
Arcade	B-Application
's	I-Application
Greatest	I-Application
Hits	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Midway	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
Bandai	O
released	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
as	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
EX	O
for	O
cell	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lunar	O
Patrol	O
J2ME	B-Language
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
(	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
and	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
)	O
with	O
enhanced	O
physics	O
and	O
playability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
by	O
Hamster	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2018	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Amico	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bootleg	O
version	O
called	O
Moon	O
Ranger	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
arcades	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
as	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	O
clones	O
include	O
Desert	O
Patrol	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Gas	O
Hog	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Lunar	O
Rover	O
Patrol	O
for	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	O
Alert	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Luna	O
Rover	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	O
Control	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Moonrider	O
for	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Overlander	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	B-Device
Through	I-Device
Time	I-Device
(	O
1984	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
re-themed	O
the	O
gameplay	O
to	O
be	O
about	O
major	O
wars	O
of	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Quest	B-Application
for	I-Application
Tires	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
remarked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarity	O
to	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open-source	O
clones	O
named	O
moon-buggy	O
and	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
Patrol	O
run	O
in	O
Unix-like	O
terminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
introduced	O
full	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Jump	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
had	O
previously	O
used	O
a	O
limited	O
form	O
of	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
scene	O
scrolling	O
while	O
the	O
starry	O
night	O
sky	O
is	O
fixed	O
and	O
clouds	O
move	O
slowly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
has	O
three	O
separate	O
background	O
layers	O
scrolling	O
at	O
different	O
speeds	O
,	O
simulating	O
the	O
distance	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taito	O
's	O
Jungle	B-Application
King	I-Application
,	O
also	O
with	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
month	O
after	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
designer	O
Takashi	O
Nishiyama	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
game	I-Application
Kung-Fu	B-Application
Master	I-Application
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
combined	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
gameplay	O
rhythm	O
with	O
fighting	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
