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Moon Cresta |
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Manufacturer:
Nichibutsu Year: 1980 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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DescriptionAliens swarm at the top of the screen, swooping down on your spacecraft. Your craft begins with three segments, one deployed at a time. After the "insect" and "fireball" levels, you are able to attempt docking the segments together. A successful dock gives you more firepower for the upcoming levels.Know anything more about this game? Game IntroductionThis was one of the earliest "multi level" shoot-em-ups that was very sophisticated for its time. The concept of the three docked ships remains pretty unique and it even pre-dates Galaga.The key to this game is docking as quickly as possible -- and never failing to dock. Also, once you have lost ships one and two, you are doomed. Ship three is huge, and easily hit. The real action is when ships two and three are docked, but you can lose ship one and still do well at this game. Only the best players manage to keep ship one for any length of time. At 60,000 points you get a "replay" opportunity. After 60,000 points, once your last ship is destroyed (remember there are three ships which dock together", you get the message "enjoy another game", and you get a fresh stack of three ships. However, you continue to play at the same level, which by now is probably insanely fast! Game PlayIf your docked spaceship is hit, only the first of the docked ships to be hit is destroyed. If you manage to dock all three ships, you can fire five shots. If you then get killed by something crashing into the middle ship you end up with a small ship and a huge ship - which look strange when docked.You get more points for docking your ships quickly, and this can make a big difference to your chance of getting a replay (60,000 points), which is actually very difficult. It is therefore smart to centre your ship as you kill the last of the aliens before each docking mission. Docking occurs after the second wave of "flies" and the fireballs. There are two waves of every type of alien, which differ in colour. It is really important to race to the right hand side of the screen after you have finished off the second wave of the aliens (called "four-D") which look and sound bird-like. Straight after this wave, you are assaulted by fireballs which are hard to kill. You are in grave danger if you do not hide on the right hand side of the screen for this wave, and only move inwards to fire well-aimed shots and then retreat again! The fireballs are the only things you do not have to shoot to finish the wave, but they are worth the most points. The "four-d" aliens (which look and sound bird-like) can disappear and re-appear, but continue to move while they are invisible. MiscellaneousThe most common clone of Moon Cresta has a graphic with a semicircle and a dot in place of the Nichibutsu logo. There is also a hacked version (Super Moon Cresta) where you can fire faster, but the aliens drop bombs. This added no value at all to the gameplay!There were versions of this game released through Nichibutsu and Gremlin. MOVIE APPEARANCES: "The Lost Boys" (1987) (sound only) Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Common - There are 43 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 14 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 25 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 32 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There are 3 VAPS members currently looking for this game. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. TechnicalCPU: Z80SOUND: Custom eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Moon Cresta Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Nichibutsu. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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