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Your views on...Moon Cresta

CUCHULAINNCUCHULAINN
edited November 2007 in Games
Moon Cresta

I only played this a few times and I don't know why cos it was quite good. Very addictive, some neat graphics and colourful too. I better get downloading the .TZX and give it another go.

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  • snigfarpsnigfarp
    edited November 2007
    I loved this game in the arcades back in the early 1980s, but never really got into it on the Spectrum. I'll have to give it another go too.
  • DarenDaren
    edited November 2007
    Brilliant conversion, and underrated shoot 'em up imo. Great docking sequence too.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited November 2007
    Very good arcade conversion considering how old it is. Great little shooter. The text for the score etc looks like its from the arcade machine as well.

    I do like the sequel Terra Cresta, pity the gameplay area is quite small though
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited November 2007
    psj3809 wrote: »
    I do like the sequel Terra Cresta, pity the gameplay area is quite small though

    ISTR that it had something to do with a rush with the programming, after scrapping the original game design and code. And let's not go into the bug that occurs in the game!

    Still, I loved Terra Cresta in the arcades and the speccy. Didn't really get into Moon Cresta though.
  • VanTammenVanTammen
    edited November 2007
    I've only played it on speccy and simply loved it ,one of the few games of the genre that got me hooked up enough for me to be any good at it!

    I used to love the "spaceship conections!"
  • beanzbeanz
    edited November 2007
    Definitely one of my favorites. A lot of my youth was spent playing the arcade version in the local Squash club in Swinton Manchester. When the Speccy version came out it was a great reproduction of it...probably one of the best arcade conversions on the speccy.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited November 2007
    i always remember going round a school mates house and playing moon cresta and those mysterious adventures :)
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  • SpectorSpector
    edited November 2007
    The Starglider wrote: »
    ISTR that it had something to do with a rush with the programming, after scrapping the original game design and code. And let's not go into the bug that occurs in the game!

    No, go into it? What bug are you talking about?

    I thought Moon Cresta on the Spectrum was superb. I played it on the Xbox MAME and at the same time had it through RF on the Spectrum, so I flicked between AV and RF to compare the graphics, and it made me realise how good a conversion it was. If anything, the Speccy one is more playable.
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  • CollieCollie
    edited November 2007
    Wasn't this the game that oft failed to load? I think I have a couple of copies of it on various compilation tapes and never does it load. In Crash magazine's top 100 Speccy games, I'm sure they mentioned a similar thing about it being a sod to load.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited November 2007
    mel the bell wrote: »
    i always remember going round a school mates house and playing moon cresta and those mysterious adventures :)

    ..and what mysterious adventures did you 2 schoolboys get up to?
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited November 2007
    beanz wrote: »
    ..and what mysterious adventures did you 2 schoolboys get up to?
    It's mel. use your imagination...
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  • GrazGraz
    edited November 2007
    I do love a good, 'Trip to the space war' now and again. Shame the sequels (As much as I love 'em) were totally removed from the original concept (Eh? You move left n right on a vertical scrolly screen and shoot stuff!) Just wanted a few more variations in enemy waves, and a few more suprises. Lightforce nearly got there, but it just wasn't as fun. Moon Cresta is a nice, simple lil shoot em up package, that plays flawlessly. More games should take note.

    Z-Blast SD+ is a goodun' too.
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited November 2007
    Spector wrote: »
    No, go into it? What bug are you talking about?

    The bug where once the game loops to the beginning of the game from the end, no enemies appear any more.
  • SpectorSpector
    edited November 2007
    Funnily enough, the same thing happens on the Spectrum version of Terra Cresta!
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  • mermanmerman
    edited November 2007
    Used to love the arcade game, the conversions weren't bad either...
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited November 2007
    Spector wrote: »
    Funnily enough, the same thing happens on the Spectrum version of Terra Cresta!

    That was the game we were talking about! :D:D:D
  • Heatsink128Heatsink128
    edited November 2007
    Moon Cresta is great, makes up for Firebirds & Arcadia that I also bought long before! Even the Dragon 32 version is nice though only monochrome.
    Terra Cresta is OK but very tiny screen and hard to see, just a Xevious clone really.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited November 2007
    Terra Cresta is probably the arcade game I play most on Mame,...tapper being next.

    Again I played the ass out of it in the arcade and loved the 'phoenix' part when you had all 5 ships....can't seem to get that now...guess me coordination ain't what it used to be.
  • Nick ElliottNick Elliott
    edited November 2007
    Moon Cresta is a classic, very playable, lots of fun with great attention to detail. Still one of my favourite shoot-em ups.

    For me it seemed to break the mould for Incentive after Splat! (and Mined-Out, though that was from Quicksilva). Don't know why, but I'd pidgeon-holed them.
  • SpectorSpector
    edited November 2007
    The Starglider wrote: »
    That was the game we were talking about! :D:D:D

    Okay so I'm an idiot... what do you want me to do, apologise?? :D
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