Moon Patrol w/ Music?

[Arkhan]

Was there an Atari 2600 Moon Patrol w/ music?

 

I seem to remember it when I was younger, but I look now and don't see it?

[Nukey Shay]

Use the LEFT difficulty switch.

[Arkhan]

Use the LEFT difficulty switch.

 

well son of a bitch, thank you, lol.

 

 

Ahhh good tunes.

 

any other games like that?

[godzillajoe]

I never understood NOT wanting the music. Strange option.

[NE146]

Pengo is the same way I think.. and yeah how many people ended up playing 2600 Moon Patrol in the world, and just thought it had no music. Great design

[Arkhan]

yeah its kinda retarded. I just remember playing it and having music, and then one day it didnt. Me being like 8 at the time, I just assumed the "music battery" ran out, lol.

[Nukey Shay]

I never understood NOT wanting the music. Strange option.

 

Actually, I'd prefer that more games included the option. Especially in the NES era. Some game tunes there could really get on your nerves after a few minutes.

 

Moon Patrol just happened to have the switch available...I'm glad that they used it for something instead of ignoring it (which too many of the later games did).

[Trent555]

For the love of god, i wondered what happened to the music as well......the left difficulty switch worked. Great post!

[Zonie]

I never knew that... I thought it didn't have the music either.

 

I guess that's what happens when you get loose carts!

[Heavy26R]

Excellent! Someone posted about a Vegas ad copying the theme song from this game. I put her in to check and no sound. For being simplistic games you really need manuals to take full advantage of all they have to offer.

[Arkhan]

I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma!

[SoulBlazer]

Was there a mention of the musical switch in the manual?

 

I'm just guessing that many people didn't know this cause they got loose carts and never bothered to look for the instructions.

[Nukey Shay]

Yes

 

Tho the description is backwards by stating that the music is off for difficulty A. It's off for B.

Edited January 9, 2011 by Nukey Shay

[ZylonBane]

I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma!

How is that a dilemma?

[SoulBlazer]

I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma!

How is that a dilemma?

 

Do you ever have anything NICE to say, Zylon?

 

I swear, every post I see from you is a troll post.

[ZylonBane]

Pointing out that somebody used a word in a nonsensical way is not trolling, though I can see how people with terrible language skills might prefer to think that.

[BDW]

Pointing out that somebody used a word in a nonsensical way is not trolling, though I can see how people with terrible language skills might prefer to think that.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dilemma

 

He used the word correctly, see definition 2.

[SoulBlazer]

Pointing out that somebody used a word in a nonsensical way is not trolling, though I can see how people with terrible language skills might prefer to think that.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dilemma

 

He used the word correctly, see definition 2.

 

It's not worth the time, Brandon. He just loves to argue and to pick on others to make himself feel better.

 

To get this back onto topic, it's even more amazing that the game HAD music, as many 2600 games didn't.

[Arkhan]

I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma!

How is that a dilemma?

 

Its a dilemma because I said it is. I played it with music, and then there was no music? What a dilemma! I can't figure out where the music went. Other versions have music, where did my music go!? OH CAN SOMEONE HELP ME SOLVE THIS DILEMMA? OTHERS EXPERIENCE IT TOO WHAT DO WE DO.

 

Oh wait, we solved it. That dilemma of wondering where the music went and why it went away. Yeah, we solved it. and it was all because of you helpful people that aren't tools.

[atarifan88]

Use the LEFT difficulty switch.

 

I was watching a YouTube video and never new the Atari 2600 Moon Patrol had music! Here I thought it was a sound hack or something. Thanks for the tip. I always thought Moon Patrol was too quiet! I wonder if there are other Atari 2600 games that require the use of the difficulty switch to turn on in-game music?

[ls650]

Do you ever have anything NICE to say, Zylon?

Nope.

[KevinMos3]

Yes

 

Tho the description is backwards by stating that the music is off for difficulty A. It's off for B.

 

I would love to see a hack that reverses this, since I (most people?) generally play with switches in the "B" position. I always forget which switch and which position when I play this game and want to enable music.

[toiletunes]

The game Phoenix did this, too.

 

If you want to argue semantics, go to the Jag forum.

Edited February 5, 2018 by toiletunes