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May 20, 2015  Terra Cresta is an Arcade Archives installment that I can't imagine recommending to anyone besides hardcore retro shoot 'em up collectors. With repetitive and lackluster gameplay and presentation, maybe this one should have been left in the past. + Simple classic shoot 'em up gameplay. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Terra Cresta at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

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Terra Cresta

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Name: Terra Cresta
Manufacturer: Nihon Bussan
Year: 1985
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Nichibutsu
Game Specific: Terra Cresta Pinout
Settings: Terra Cresta Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [FirePhoenix]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard



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Terra Cresta Description

Terra Cresta was produced by Nihon Bussan in 1985.

Super toss the turtle prestige items. Nihon Bussan released 9 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985.

Other machines made by Nihon Bussan during the time period Terra Cresta was produced include Galivan: Cosmo Police, Nekketsu Grand Prix Gal, Mahjong Koi No Magic Potion, Mahjong Koi Uranai, and Mahjong Pachinko Monogatari.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up. Fly over islands shooting spaceships, ground bases and Tyrannosaurus Rexes. Destroy the special bases to release special power-ups that will increase your fire power. Use the Phoenix button to split your ship apart for increased firepower or become indestructible after the fourth bonus part has been collected.

Terra Cresta - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.24 (2 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.55
Overall 'Like': 4.00
Fun (Social): 0.50
Fun (Solo): 4.00
Collector Desire: 3.50
Technical Impressions Score: 2.92
Gameplay: 3.50
Graphics: 3.00
Originality: 2.50
Sound/Music: 1.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, 'Like' carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Vertical scrolling shoot-em-up over landscape of islands shooting spaceships, ground targets, Tyransaurous Rexes and three different mothercraft ships.

Shoot silos on ground numbered 2 to 5 to release another ship part which attaches to increase firepower. 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 infront.

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

Game Play

You have three Phoenix power-ups for each part collected. If your ship is hit, you will lose all the extra parts that you've picked up. If you're hit when you have all four parts, you will only lose two.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Terra Cresta Census

There are 10,986 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,808 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 147,196 machines (6,418 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 59 known instances of this machine owned by Terra Cresta collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 51 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Terra Cresta machine for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with extra Terra Cresta circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There are 3 active VAPS members looking for Terra Cresta board sets.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value.[More Information]

Manuals

  1. Misc. pinout and DIP switch settings 3 Pages, 568 kB File.
  2. Manual 4 Pages, 363 kB File.

Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Terra Cresta Flyer #1191
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Terra Cresta Flyer #3915

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