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Rocket Patrol	shoot them up shooting gallery space	1978	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/rocket_patrol_ss_1.png label value year of release 1978 label value companies APF Electronics (publisher) label value type game label value media built-in system label value systems APF MP1000 systems label value number of players 1 - 2 players (alternate) title subtitle text image title screenTitle screen /media/museum/software/rocket_patrol_ss_1.png title subtitle text image shoot the enemy patrol /media/museum/software/rocket_patrol_ss_2.png title subtitle text image missed ! /media/museum/software/rocket_patrol_ss_3.png title subtitle text image this is not a bug, but the actual explosion of the enemy spaceship /media/museum/software/rocket_patrol_ss_4.png /museum/apf-imagination-machine /companies/apf 839 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230529185507/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=839 2023-05-29

This is the built-in game for the APF MP-1000 videogame system released in 1978.

The object of the game is to destroy the most space ships within 1 minute period.

In 1 player mode (see video below), your opponent is the videogame system. For the first minute it will fire at the space ships trying to score most points. Then, it's your turn, also for 1 minute. The player has an advantage over the system, as he can move the firing station from left to right along the bottom of the screen.

There is also a 2 players mode.

Overall, this game offered within the APF MP-1000 system is quite bad and repetitive.

It was inspired by the Atari arcade game Anti-Aircraft (1975)