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Super Nova is a home-brew space shooter game for the Commodore 64.
It pays loosely homage to the old Atari classics Starmaster
and Star Raiders.
Download:
super-nova-v3.d64 (latest version)
Super Nova V2 +3D (CSDB)
Super Nova (C64 Games)
Instructions:
Your star system
is attacked by six enemy battlestars that try to
reach and destroy the sun. Your mission is to stop them!
Cockpit:
The status display
shows either your enemy the condition of the sun. When
it turns from yellow to red, then the nova is not far.
Map:
Press M to open
the map. This only possible if no enemy is in range.
You can only fly
to one of the next sectors to your current position.
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Sun: Protect the sun! |
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Planet: Fly to the plant and blow up the repository
ship to gain a shield. |
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Space Station: Here you can regain the ship’s
energy. |
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Enemy Hunter: There are one to three enemy hunters
in this sector. |
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Enemy Battlestar: You need to get a shield to go
there. It will vanish after the jump. |
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Vortex: Teleports you to a random sector. Without a
shield it will damage your ship. |
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Destroyed Space Station or Planet: Your enemy will
destroy your space stations and planets when the game goes on. |
Screenshots:
Mission 64:
Check out Mission 64
– an illustrated book about the C64 (in German)