Moon Cresta

February 15, 1980 Nichibutsu Incentive Software, Sega, Taito, Centuri, Hamster Corporation
Shooter Arcade
Arcade bbcmicro Dragon 32/64 PS3 C64 ZXS Wii PS1 PSP ACPC
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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Game Info

Release Date February 15, 1980
Developer Nichibutsu
Publisher Incentive Software, Sega, Taito, Centuri, Hamster Corporation
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action, Science fiction