Lost In Translation/Terra Cresta

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Terra Cresta
Manufacturer	Nichibutsu
Released	1985
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 8.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM3526 (@ 4.000 MHz) (2x) DAC
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 256 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	23 ROMs 320,768 bytes (313.25 KiB)
MAME ID	terracre · terracra · terracrb

About The Game

Terra Cresta is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up that takes the player over landscape of islands shooting spaceships, ground targets, Tyrannosaurus Rexes and three different mothercraft ships.

Shoot silos on ground numbered 2 to 5 to release another ship part which attaches to increase fire power. Parts are 2-Wider shot, 3-Rear Shot, 4-Front cannon and 5-Rear shield.

Using the Phoenix button splits ship parts into a formation for limited time given increased fire power. The number of parts determines the formation e.g. if you have picked up two parts then a triangle is formed with your ship at the back and the other two in front.

When collect all four parts you become a glowing indestructible Phoenix for a limited time.

Additional Technical Information

Players : 1

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Shoot, [B] Phoenix

Trivia

You can become a phoenix like in the title screen if you collect all the ship parts :).

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1 - D28B0004) on 21/09/1988.

Updates

New version uses a YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz) sound chip instead of a YM2203

Series

1. Moon Cresta [Upright model] (1980)

   Moon Cresta [Cocktail Table model] (1980)

2. Terra Cresta (1985)
3. Dangar - Ufo Robo (1986)
4. Terra Force (1987)
5. Terra Cresta II (1992, NEC PC Engine)

Staff

Staff

Shigeki Fujiwara

Isao Shiki

Hisaya Tsutsui

R. Yamada

Music Composed By

Kenji Yoshida

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Terra Cresta arcade cabinet.

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  Terra Cresta flyer.

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  Alternate Terra Cresta flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Nintendo Famicom (1985)

Sony PlayStation 2 ("Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 10 - Terra Cresta")

Computers

Amstrad CPC (1986)

Commodore C64 (1987)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1986)

Sharp X68000 (19??, "Video Game Anthology Vol. 01 - Terra Cresta")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	D28B-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	25P5-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	Cassette version.
GAME SOUND NICHIBUTSU -G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1-	C22B-0004	1988-09-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	Vinyl version.
Back In Time II	C64CD2	1999-01-01	High Technology Publishing Ltd.	CD version.
The Z-Show Gold Collection	CZCD 021	2007-07-13	Binary Zone Interactive	2 CD version.
Beep Special Project - Video Game Music - Second Sono Sheet	N/A	1987-01-01	Softbank Publishing	Vinyl version.
Oretachi Game Center: Terra Cresta	N/A	2005-10-27	Hamster	CD version.

Sound Comparison

Platform	Song Titles									Sound Source
Arcade	"Start"	"Theme of Terra Cresta"	"Restart"	"Final Start"	"Tubo"	"Dycoon"	"Mandler"	"Game Over"	"Marching Raster (Name Entry)"	M1 v0.7.8a6

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Terra Cresta at the World of Spectrum

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.