Super Nova (video game)

For the Super Nintendo game, see Darius Force.

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]

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

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]