Moon Cresta (1980)

Developer: Nichibutsu
Publisher: Incentive Software, Sega, Taito, Centuri, HAMSTER
Platforms: Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Dragon 32/64, PlayStation 3, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, PlayStation
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Rating: 3.4 of 5, 10 player ratings

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How it feels

A brisk, no-frills space shooter where you blast waves of enemies and chase high scores in the timeless arcade tradition.

retrofast-pacedchallengingclassic arcadecompetitivestraightforwardscore-chasingtwitchy

About

Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 9, 2010 and PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) in 2014.

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