Deteacher Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Aliens 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. Game Information: Game Name: Moon Cresta Manufactured By: Nichibustu/1980 Dipswitches: 3 ships. Bonus life at 30K ROMset: mooncrst.zip Chosen By: darthkur ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/56901/mame103/Moon-Cresta-Nichibutsu.html BONUS TIME: Post your fastest docking time. The top 3 docking times will earn bonus points: Fastest will earn 5 bonus points 2nd fastest will earn 3 bonus points. 3rd fastest will earn 1 bonus point. High Scores: 1. 50,510 kane [+15] 2. 34,680 NE146 [+14] 3. 23,720 jblenkle [+13] 4. 20,630 onmode-ky [+12] 5. 19,980 GimmeClassics [+11] 6. 19,630 DonPedro [+10] 7. 18,980 darthkur [+9] 8. 16,280 Andyy119 [+8] 9. 14,820 Darrin9999 [+7] 10 14,780 Fallout_002 [+6] 11.11,240 M.A.M.E Offender [+5] 12. 8,640 Cynicaster [+4] 13. 8,360 bigbee99 [+3] 14. 6,240 asponge [+2] 15. 6,180 Deteacher [+1] 16. 5,840 roadrunner [+1] 17. 3,040 S. BAZ [+1] 18. 550 Wolfman24 [+1] Edited October 27, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Moon Cresta - 16,720 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 6,940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) 13,280 Edited October 21, 2013 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 8,640 I find this game pretty much unplayable. If one is craving some slide-n-shoot action, there are so many games that do it better than this, IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Really, really tough game, but I do like it, it gives me a lot of fun and thrill... 22,030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 We used to have this game in a place I worked back around 1983-84...the manager would sit and play it endlessly and I got hooked on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Wow. What a tough game. I'll really need some practice to get a good score. points: 6,840 ***** For all those shoot em up fans > see my signature for more info ***** Edited October 22, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 7,640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 6,180. I really suck at this game. I might need to revamp the bonus a little. I thought you could see the tenths of a second after you dock, but you can't. Your bonus is determined by the whole second, not the decimal. I'll leave it this way for now and if I can figure something else out, I'll change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Yeah, most of the time I dock without using any rockets which will always give you the same time and the max score, it might be a ten-way tie for first. Maybe it should be the slowest docking time, now that would be tricky... Edited October 23, 2013 by kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 8,360 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 How are we supposed to get our docking time? As soon as you dock, it disappears so it's next to impossible to get a screen shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Moon Cresta - 18,080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 These docking bonuses are the max possible unless somebody knows something I don't. 1 docking on 2 = 1900 2 docking on 3 = 4200 1 and 2 docking on 3 = 6600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 once again I have forgot which "F" keys takes the *.png pics... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 8,640 I find this game pretty much unplayable. If one is craving some slide-n-shoot action, there are so many games that do it better than this, IMO. I used to get free games on Moon Cresta all the time and be able to make it to where all the olives (the last enemy) would charge you at once. It's most definitely is playable and was a very very popular game for a long while. I don't know how good I am now though. One tip: If you plan it right and can be at the right place at the right time (a little to the middle right of the screen) for docking, you don't have to move the joystick or press thrust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 12,640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman24 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Moon Cresta - 19,230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 3040 a measley start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Moon Cresta - 23,720 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I'm mega stoked with this score, I was on a roll! Died just before the fifth "Far Out!" 50,510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 points: 9,590 initials: DEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I'm beginning to learn the game mechanics . Nice score Kane !! points: 19,980 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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