First release date: February 15, 1980
Platforms: Arcade - BBC Microcomputer System - Dragon 32/64 - PlayStation 3 - Commodore C64/128/MAX - ZX Spectrum - Wii - PlayStation - PlayStation Portable - Amstrad CPC
Genres/Themes: Shooter - Arcade - Action - Science fiction
Developers: Nichibutsu
Publishers: Incentive Software, Sega, Centuri, Taito, HAMSTER
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.
