Demon Seed (video game)

Demon Seed is a fixed shooter written by Jeffrey Sorensen and Philip MacKenzie for the TRS-80 and published in 1982 by Trend Software.^[1] The same programmers developed the TRS-80 Color Computer version published in 1983 by Computer Shack.^[2] Demon Seed is a clone of the 1980 arcade game Phoenix.^[2]

Demon Seed
Publisher(s)	Trend Software (TRS-80) Computer Shack (CoCo)
Programmer(s)	Jeffrey Sorensen Philip MacKenzie
Platform(s)	TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon
Release	1982: TRS-80 1983: CoCo
Genre(s)	Fixed shooter

Gameplay

Demon Seed is a game in which the player uses artillery against rows of attacking birds.^[3]

Reception

Dick McGrath reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Although the concept is not original, it is well executed, with fine graphics and interesting sound. I rate it a 7 out of 10 overall."^[3]