Of course I know there’s an Atari 2600 version of Moon Patrol. Not that it matters, but I’ve written many mainstream articles and books on classic games, worked on the actual Atari Flashback products (and continue to do so), and have been involved with video games in general for decades.

To clarify for you, I was explaining why it didn’t appear on an Atari Flashback, which was your question. It would need to be licensed from the actual rights holders, which is not Atari. I also told you where you can play a version today (the only licensed version available today, which is on the Switch). Figuring out making emulators work is not that difficult, but if you’re having trouble, you can play the game in your web browser:

Arcade version – https://archive.org/details/arcade_mpatrol

Atari 2600 version – https://onlineconsolegames.com/play-game/moon-patrol/play/

Good luck.

You’re confusing one of the systems the game appeared on with who owns the rights. Atari does not own the rights to Moon Patrol.

Moon Patrol is absolutely an Atari game. Go on ebay and type in “Moon Patrol Atari 2600”. A huge listing will come up. I’ve played the game many times and I’ve held the catridge in my hands. So, I know it exists. I’m amazed you didn’t know that, but perhaps you are not familiar with old systems like Atari.

I don’t use any newew systems like Switch honestly. I have a NES, N64, Sega Genesis, & Gameboy emulators on my computers that I use. The atari emulators won’t work on my computer for some reason or I’d just play Moon Patrol for Atari on my computer. Won’t work though 🙁

It’s not an Atari game, so it would need a third party license. The original arcade Moon Patrol is available on the Switch, among other places.

There are different models of the 9.

If you upgrade the firmware and have an SD card, you can add additional games.