| Genre: | Arcade |
| Publisher: | Dragon Data |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Dragon 32, Dragon 64 |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Dragon 32 & Tandy Color Computer 1/2/3 |
| Compatible Emulators: | XRoar 0.33.1 (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 22nd May 1984 |
| Original Release Price: | £10.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 184g |
| Box Type: | Oversize clamshell case |
| Author(s): | - |
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Home Computing Weekly
22nd May 1984
Not the sort of game to which I would become addicted, but certainly very enjoyable. Read Review
Full Instructions
Introduction
Welcome to Lunar Rover Patrol. The object of the game is to successfully drive the Lunar buggy over the landscape of the Moon, avoiding or destroying craters, boulders, land-mines, spacecraft and numerous other obstacles.
Screen Features
The high score and the game score are recorded in the top left corner of the screen. Your point on the landscape is recorded on the scale E, J, O, T, Z and the number of buggies you have left is recorded in the top right hand corner of the screen.
Game Controls
The movement of the buggy is controlled by the right joystick. Moving it to the left and right alters the speed of the buggy, whilst moving it up makes the buggy jump over craters and other obstructions. The fire button controls the horizontal and vertical lasers.
BREAK/CLEAR - Pause/Resume
Q - Quit Program
Scoring
| Jumping a Crater | ... | 50 points |
| Shooting a falling Bomb | ... | 50 points |
| Jumping Land-Mines | ... | 50 points |
| Shooting/Jumping purple boulders | ... | 100 points |
| Shooting Green space craft | ... | 100 points |
| Shooting Yellow space craft | ... | 100 points |
| Shooting Tank shells | ... | 100 points |
| Shooting/Jumping blue spheres | ... | 150 points |
| Shooting a Tank | ... | 200 points |
| Shooting a Yellow/Green Spacecraft | ... | 200 points |
| Shooting an alien "Hover-bug" | ... | 1000 points |
| Reaching points E, J, O, T, Z | ... | 1000 points |
If a time record is broken then an additional 10 points are awarded for each second below the average time.
Special Features
Upon reaching points E, J, O, T, Z, a screen which displays your time taken to reach that particular point. The screen gives your time, the average time and the top record time. Bonus points are awarded according to these times.
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| Download | What It Contains |
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 | A digital version of Lunar Rover Patrol suitable for XRoar 0.33.1 (PC (Windows)) |
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