Arkhan Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Use the LEFT difficulty switch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Use the LEFT difficulty switch. well son of a bitch, thank you, lol. Ahhh good tunes. any other games like that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I never understood NOT wanting the music. Strange option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 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). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent555 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 For the love of god, i wondered what happened to the music as well......the left difficulty switch worked. Great post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I never knew that... I thought it didn't have the music either. I guess that's what happens when you get loose carts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy26R Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I feel good knowing that others were musicless too, and now we have solved the dilemma! How is that a dilemma? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Do you ever have anything NICE to say, Zylon? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) The game Phoenix did this, too. If you want to argue semantics, go to the Jag forum. Edited February 5, 2018 by toiletunes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime-Aint-Kid-Stuf Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Sadly many ALSO thought that Otto wasn't in the 2600 version of Berzerk, since the default mode lacked him! I always thought that the default setting should have been setting 2, (free lives at 1000,) or even setting 6, (free lives at 2000.) Also the default settings for Asteroids for 2600 do not feature diagonal asteroids. For that you have to go to setting 10 (I think it was.) Edited December 19, 2023 by Anime-Aint-Kid-Stuf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/19/2023 at 11:18 AM, Anime-Aint-Kid-Stuf said: Sadly many ALSO thought that Otto wasn't in the 2600 version of Berzerk, since the default mode lacked him! I always thought that the default setting should have been setting 2, (free lives at 1000,) or even setting 6, (free lives at 2000.) Also the default settings for Asteroids for 2600 do not feature diagonal asteroids. For that you have to go to setting 10 (I think it was.) Any of the even number variations (game 2,4,6,8, etc.) have the diagonal asteroids I think. But yep.. Game 1 which a large percentage of people just play off the bat by default doesn't have them. Also you don't get UFOs (an essential element of the game) unless you put the difficulty switch to A. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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