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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.” Gameplay Super Nova is a game in which the player uses missiles to blow asteroids into smaller chunks, and then split them into […]

TRS-80 Model I

OVERVIEW

About this game

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.”

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.

Reception

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.

References

External links

Super Nova at MobyGames

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