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Moon Cresta (1980)

Nichibutsu

Amstrad CPC, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, ZX Spectrum

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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 … 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. Read more

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Developers
Nichibutsu
Publishers
Centuri, Hamster Corporation, Incentive Software, Sega, Taito
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Series
Cresta
Also known as
Moon Cresta (Major Wave Arcade Hits) · Mūn Kuresuta (Japanese title, romanization)

Release dates

  • Feb 15, 1980 (Japan) Arcade
  • Jun 15, 1980 (North America) Arcade
  • 1980 (Europe) Arcade
  • 1985 (Europe) ZX Spectrum, Commodore C64/128/MAX
  • 1986 (Europe) Dragon 32/64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System
  • Jun 20, 2002 (Japan) PlayStation
  • Nov 14, 2007 (Digital compatibility release) (Japan) PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
  • Mar 09, 2010 (Japan) Wii

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