Game Information

Original Release Date: February 15, 1980

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, Wii, ZX Spectrum

Involved Companies: Nichibutsu, Incentive Software, Nihon Bussan, Sega, Centuri, Taito

Genres: Shooter, Arcade

Summary: 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.