Super Nova
Super Nova is clone of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids arcade game published by Big Five Software for the TRS-80 in 1980. Co-author Bill Hogue called Super Nova "the game that started the company."
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- 1980
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Super Nova is clone of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids arcade game published by Big Five Software for the TRS-80 in 1980. Co-author Bill Hogue called Super Nova "the game that started the company."
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• Title — Super Nova • Publisher — Big Five Software • Programmer — Bill Hogue Jeff Konyu • Platforms — TRS-80 • Released — 1980 • Genre — Multidirectional shooter • Modes — Single-player
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Super Nova is a game in which the player uses missiles to blow asteroids into smaller chunks, and then split them into smaller hunks which can then be completely destroyed.
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Jon Mishcon reviewed Super Nova in The Space Gamer No. 36. Mishcon commented that "I found this game to be a real challenge. Recommended for any arcade buff." In the video game magazine Moves (#57), Ian Chadwick described Super Nova as "exciting", though criticized the lack of sound effects.
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- 1.Reed, Matthew. Super Nova. trs-80.org.
- 2.Linzmayer, Owen. Bringing Home the Arcade. Creative Computing. 7. 9. 180–183. September 1981.
- 3.Hogue, Bill. TRS-80 Games. Big Five Software.
- 4.Mishcon, Jon. Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 36. 28. February 1981.
- 5.Chadwick, Ian. (June 1981). Reviews of SSI's. Moves, 57, p.14-15. https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue57.pdf
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