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![[Loading screen]](/pub/sinclair/screens/load/m/gif/MoonCresta.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/m/MoonCresta.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Moon Cresta |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Incentive Software Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Alternative Software Ltd (UK) Software Center S.A. (Spain) System 4 (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Timothy Walter, Philip Taglione, Pete Carter |
| Tie-in licence | Nichibutsu (Japan) (arcade coin-op: Moon Cresta) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - alternating |
| Controls | Kempston, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Shoot-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £6.95 500 ptas. |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on the compilation Cajas de Sol, Las (System 4)
Appeared on side A of the compilation Classic Arcadia 3 (Alternative Software Ltd) Appeared on side B of covertape Crash issue 65: Presents 1 (Crash) Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Remarks | First game to get the official licence for an arcade product. Ian Andrew remembers: "It cost us £1000 and let us port moon cresta onto any home computer!" |
| SPOT comments | Crash cover game |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Moon Cresta 2. Terra Cresta |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
7.89 (40 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | MoonCresta.tzx.zip | 17,525 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | S14 | 5012968190148 | 1985 | Power-Load | ||
|  | MoonCresta.tap.zip | 20,536 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1985 | |||||
| | MoonCresta(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | 16,625 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | AS099 | 5015103870998 | 1987 | None | |
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| | MoonCresta(System4).tzx.zip | 16,767 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 1SEA183 | M-2828-1988 | 1988 | None |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | MoonCresta.gif | 13,295 | (Loading screen) |
| MoonCresta.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| MoonCresta.gif | 1,135 | (In-game screen) | |
 | MoonCresta.txt | 2,105 | (English instructions) |
| MoonCresta(System4).pdf | 17,504 | (Spanish instructions) |
| MoonCresta.jpg | 46,211 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| MoonCresta(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).jpg | 53,822 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| MoonCresta(System4).jpg | 164,952 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| MoonCresta.jpg | 124,098 | (Advertisement) | |
| MoonCresta(SoftwareCenterS.A.).jpg | 222,679 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 5 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 2.85 | page 57 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 309 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 20 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 58 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 4.85 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 4.85 | page 3 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.85 | page 28 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 5.85 | page 39 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 5.85 | page 43 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 17 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 6.85 | page 16 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 6.85 | page 92 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.86 | page 15 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 30 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.89 | page 6 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 7.85 | page 14 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 402 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 3.85 | page 50 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 131 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 9 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 201 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 3.85 | page 46 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.85 | page 131 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 5.85 | page 51 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.86 | page 72 | (Classified) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 5.86 | page 232 | (Classified) | [full page] |
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