Moon Cresta
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| Moon Cresta | |
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  US arcade flyer by Nihon Bussan (left) and US arcade flyer by Gremlin Industries (right). |
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| Developer(s) | Nichibutsu |
| Publisher(s) | Nichibutsu/SEGA Gremlin/Centuri |
| Designer(s) | Shigeki Fujiwara |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, SNES, PS2 |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Two players alternating turns |
| Input methods | 2-way joystick, 1 button |
| Cabinet | Upright, Cocktail |
| CPU | Z80 (@ 3.072 MHz) |
| Sound | Tone generator and discrete circuits |
| Display | Raster, 224 x 256 pixels (Vertical), 98 colors |
Moon Cresta (ムーンクレスタ) is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time.
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[edit] Gameplay
Moon Cresta is a two-dimensional, single screen shoot-em-up in the same mould as Taito's Space Invaders and Namco's Galaxian. The player begins the game with a small spaceship armed with a single laser cannon. After successfully completing the first four waves of alien attacks, the player must attempt to dock his ship with the next 'stage' of the ship. This second stage has two lasers in addition to the original one. After successfully clearing two more waves of aliens, the player must again dock with the third and final piece of the ship which also has two more lasers (giving the player 5 lasers in total). The trade-off for this is that the entire ship is a much larger target. Failure to correctly align the stages during either docking sequence causes the destruction of the stage being docked with.
After completing the first eight waves the player's ship reverts to the first stage and the process is repeated. If any of the player's ships are lost along the way, the docking sequence occurs only after the first four waves have been completed.
[edit] Critical reception
The ZX Spectrum conversion, published in 1985 by Incentive Software, was met with average review scores. Your Spectrum awarded two hits out of three: the gameplay was felt to be close to the arcade original, but was showing its age.[1] Sinclair User awarded 3 out of 5 stars, and considered it only worth playing in order to win Incentive's prize for the first person to reach 30,000 points.[2]
[edit] Legacy
- Moon Cresta (1980)
- Terra Cresta (1985)
- Dangar - Ufo Robo (1986)
- Terra Force (1987)
- Terra Cresta II (1992, NEC PC Engine)
[edit] Moon Cresta in Popular Culture
A Moon Cresta machine can be seen and heard in the background of the Boardwalk Comics Shop in the 1987 film The Lost Boys.
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