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Moon Patrol

Irem · 1982 · raster Horizontal · 2P · joy · mpatrol

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Display

Type: raster Horizontal
Resolution: 240 x 252
Refresh: 56.74 Hz

Processors

Zilog Z80 @ 3.072 MHz
Motorola MC6803 @ 3.58 MHz

Audio

AY-3-8910A PSG @ 894.9 kHz
AY-3-8910A PSG @ 894.9 kHz
OKI MSM5205 ADPCM @ 384 kHz
Discrete Sound
Channels: 1

Controls

Players: 2
Coin slots: 2
joy, 2-way, 2 buttons
joy, 2-way, 2 buttons

Components (from manual)

2N4906 Transistor · PNP transistor
5701-09050 Heat Sink · Thermal pad
C-8909 Heat Sink Assembly · Heat sink assembly
RAM chips RAM · 3B, 7J, 7K, 6A, 5D, 6D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D · Various RAM chips on Scrolling Video board and CPU board

PCBs (from manual)

CPU Board M52-A-C
Main CPU board mounted with other boards on right side of cabinet
Character Board M52-B-C
Character generation board
Scrolling Video Board M52-E-C
Video processing board
Sound Board M52-SOUND-C
Audio processing board
CPU Board D-9454 (M-52-A-C)
Main CPU board
Character Board D-9455 (M-52-B-C)
Character generation board
Scrolling Video Board D-9456 (M-52-E-C)
Scrolling video processing board
Sound Board C-9457 (M-52-SOUND-C)
Audio generation board
Power Supply Board D-8784-3007
Power supply assembly
Scrolling Video board
Contains RAM chips 7J, 7K for video processing
CPU board
Main processing board with chip 5M and various RAM chips

DIP Switch Settings

Data from MAME. On later hardware, game settings are typically in the Test/Service Menu, not DIP switches. Learn more

SwitchSettingOptionsDefault
SW1:1, SW1:2LivesSW1:1 SW1:2ON ON 1OFF ON 2ON OFF 3 ✱OFF OFF 53
SW1:3, SW1:4Bonus LifeSW1:3 SW1:4OFF OFF 10000 30000 50000 ✱ON OFF 20000 40000 60000OFF ON 10000ON ON None10000 30000 50000
SW1:5, SW1:6Coin ASW1:5 SW1:6OFF ON 3 Coins/1 CreditON OFF 2 Coins/1 CreditOFF OFF 1 Coin/1 Credit ✱ON ON Free Play1 Coin/1 Credit
SW1:7, SW1:8Coin BSW1:7 SW1:8OFF OFF 1 Coin/2 Credits ✱ON OFF 1 Coin/3 CreditsOFF ON 1 Coin/5 CreditsON ON 1 Coin/6 Credits1 Coin/2 Credits
SW1:5, SW1:6, SW1:7, SW1:8CoinageSW1:5 SW1:6 SW1:7 SW1:8OFF ON ON OFF 7 Coins/1 CreditON OFF ON OFF 6 Coins/1 CreditOFF OFF ON OFF 5 Coins/1 CreditON ON OFF OFF 4 Coins/1 CreditOFF ON OFF OFF 3 Coins/1 CreditON OFF OFF OFF 2 Coins/1 CreditOFF OFF OFF OFF 1 Coin/1 Credit ✱OFF OFF OFF ON 1 Coin/2 CreditsON OFF OFF ON 1 Coin/3 CreditsOFF ON OFF ON 1 Coin/4 CreditsON ON OFF ON 1 Coin/5 CreditsOFF OFF ON ON 1 Coin/6 CreditsON OFF ON ON 1 Coin/7 CreditsOFF ON ON ON 1 Coin/8 CreditsON ON ON ON Free Play1 Coin/1 Credit
SW2:1Flip ScreenOFF Off ✱ON OnOff
SW2:2CabinetON Upright ✱OFF CocktailUpright
SW2:3Coin ModeOFF Mode 1 ✱ON Mode 2Mode 1
SW2:4UnusedOFF Off ✱ON OnOff
SW2:5Stop Mode (Cheat)OFF Off ✱ON OnOff
SW2:6Sector Selection (Cheat)OFF Off ✱ON OnOff
SW2:7Invulnerability (Cheat)OFF Off ✱ON OnOff
SW2:8Service ModeOFF Off ✱ON OnOff