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Moon Cresta cover art

Moon Cresta

Released

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

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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.

Developer
Nichibutsu
Publisher
Incentive Software, Sega, Taito, Centuri, Hamster Corporation
Genres
Shooter, Arcade
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Age ratings
ESRB E
IGDB rating
79 / 100 (11 ratings)
Also known as
Mūn Kuresuta, Moon Cresta (Major Wave Arcade Hits)

Release dates

PlatformRelease
Amstrad CPC
Arcade · Japan · North America · Europe
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dragon 32/64
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Wii
ZX Spectrum

Screenshots

  • Moon Cresta screenshot 1
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 2
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 3
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 4
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 5
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 6
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 7
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 8
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 9
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 10
  • Moon Cresta screenshot 11

Game data and images from IGDB. Names and artwork belong to their respective owners.