Lunar Patrol

Lunar Patrol is a clone of Moon Patrol. It's a side-scrolling game where the player drive a moon buggy from one station on the Moon to another while avoiding crashing or getting destroyed by alien ships. The vehicle is constantly moving right and the player can speed up or slow down, jump, and shoot simultaneously upwards and forwards. There are 25 checkpoints along the way, each with a letter from A to Z, and serving as a respawn point. Every 5 checkpoints mark a separate stage within the entire course. Reaching the end of a stage under the par time grants a large score bonus. Dangers on the Moon include rocks which can be shot to pieces or jumped over, pits which must be jumped, and UFO's which fire at the player or bombard the ground (creating pits). Later the player also comes upon stationary tanks which fire missiles, landmines, carnivorous plants that pop up out of pits, and rocket cars which stalk the buggy from behind before rushing forward in an attempt to ram it down.