Super Nova (video game)

Super Nova
Publisher(s) Big Five Software
Programmer(s) Bill Hogue
Jeff Konyu
Platform(s) TRS-80
Release 1980
Genre(s) Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Super Nova is clone of Atari'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

In Super Nova the screen is filled with asteroids, and the player uses explosive missiles to blow them into middle-sized chunks, and then split them into small hunks which can be blown out of existence.[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]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Matthew. "Super Nova". trs-80.org.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Mishcon, Jon (February 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (36): 28.
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