■ 테라 크레스타 / 독수리 오형제 - Terra Cresta
Terra Cresta (c) 1985 Nichibutsu.
Terra Cresta is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up set over a constantly scrolling landscape of islands and enemy installations. The player is under constant attack from enemy spaceship waves, ground-based guns and turrets, dinosaurs and three different mothercraft ships.
The levels are littered with ground-based silos bearing numbers between 2 and 5. These can be shot to release a player ship component, which then attaches to the player's current ship, increasing both its size and firepower. Power-ups available are 2-Wide shot, 3-Rear Shot, 4-Front cannon and 5-Rear shield.
Using the "Phoenix" button splits the ship parts into a formation for limited time, giving increased fire power. The number of parts acquired determines the formation. For example, if the player has picked up two ship parts then a triangle is formed, with the player's main ship at the rear of the formation, with additional two ship components positioned at the front edge of the triangle.
When all four numbered parts have been collected, the player's ship transforms into a flaming Phoenix, and is indestructible for a limited time.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) YM2203 (@ 4 Mhz), (2x) DAC
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> [A] Shoot, [B] Phoenix
- TRIVIA -
Released in November 1985.
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 (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
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1985)
Sony PlayStation 2 ("Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 10 - Terra Cresta")
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC (1986)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1986)
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sharp X68000 (19??, "Video Game Anthology Vol. 01 - Terra Cresta")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.