Super Nova (video game)

For the Super Nintendo game, see Darius Force.
Super Nova
Publisher(s)Big Five Software
Programmer(s)Bill Hogue
Jeff Konyu
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release1980
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Super Nova is clone of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids arcade game published by Big Five Software for the TRS-80 in 1980.[1][2] Co-author Bill Hogue called Super Nova "the game that started the company."[3]

Gameplay

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.[4][2]

Reception

Jon Mishcon reviewed Super Nova in The Space Gamer No. 36.[4] Mishcon commented that "I found this game to be a real challenge. Recommended for any arcade buff."[4] In the video game magazine Moves (#57), Ian Chadwick described Super Nova as "exciting", though criticized the lack of sound effects.[5]

References

  1. ^ Reed, Matthew. "Super Nova". trs-80.org.
  2. ^ a b Linzmayer, Owen (September 1981). "Bringing Home the Arcade". Creative Computing. Vol. 7, no. 9. Morristown, NJ: Creative Computing. pp. 180–183 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Hogue, Bill. "TRS-80 Games". Big Five Software.
  4. ^ a b c Mishcon, Jon (February 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (36). Steve Jackson Games: 28.
  5. ^ Chadwick, Ian. (June 1981). Reviews of SSI's. Moves, 57, p.14-15. https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue57.pdf