MoonPatrol500

# moon patrol

transcode of Moon Patrol arcade version for 68000 machines

Credits:

- jotd: Z80 to 68000 conversion, amiga graphics conversion, amiga sound effects

- no9: amiga music

- ross: help with AGA version and hardware scrolling. Big Kudos!!

- http://www.computerarcheology.com/Arcade/MoonPatrol/ help with reverse-engineering

  (merged their comments & variable names after having started my RE)

- PascalDe73: icon

- mrv2k: boxart

- DamienD: floppy menu

Amiga version (OCS):

- runs on 512K chip/512k fast OCS 68000 Amiga, 25 fps (some slowdowns to expect at times)

- adapted "low detail" graphics, no blue mountain background
- low sound quality

- no whdload (no need, as it is designed to run on a 1MB OCS machine)

Amiga version (ECS):

- runs on 1MB ECS 68000 Amiga, 25 fps (some slowdowns to expect at times)

- Uses AGA fast DMA mode if found and runs at 50fps on AGA+fastmem

- adapted "low detail" graphics, but will display extra background layer

  if run on a 68020+

- higher sound quality

Amiga version (AGA):

- runs on vanilla A1200 at 50 fps, with smooth scrolling layers

- original colors & graphics

- highest sound quality

Controls:

- joystick left/right: brake/accelerate

- joystick fire: fire

- joystick up/2nd button: jump

To start a game (when game not running):

- insert coin: fire/5

- start/continue game (1 player): up/1

- start/continue game (2 players): down/2

Cheat keys:

- F1: complete section

- F2: complete level

- F4: toggle invincibility