Universally celebrated as one of the absolute finest, fastest, and most exhilarating action games ever developed for the TRS-80, Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu of Big Five Software created Attack Force (inspired by Exidy's Targ) in 1980, putting players at the helm of an agile combat craft speeding through an 8x8 city block grid, hunting down eight aggressive alien vehicles with rapid-fire lasers while outmaneuvering the terrifying, hyper-speed alien Flagship.
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Attack Force is a 1980 video game developed by Big Five Software for the TRS-80 16K. It was written by Big Five co-founders Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu. Hogue later wrote Miner 2049’er. Attack Force is based on Exidy’s 1980 Targ arcade game.
Gameplay
Attack Force is a game in which the player’s ship must avoid the twisting and turning ram-ships of the enemy.
Reception
J. Mishcon reviewed Attack Force in The Space Gamer No. 39. Mishcon commented that “This is another strong entry in the Big Five line and I strongly recommend it for any arcade buff.”
