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Nova Blast

Nova Blast is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you must defend four shielded cities from invaders that attack from both in the air and on the ground. Each city has a bubble shield that can sustain one…

31 December 1983

Nova Blast is an arcade developed by Imagic, released 31 December 1983 on ColecoVision, Intellivision and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Nova Blast is

Nova Blast is an arcade game developed by Imagic and released in 1983. It is available on ColecoVision, Intellivision and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nova Blast is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you must defend four shielded cities from invaders that attack from both in the air and on the ground. Each city has a bubble shield that can sustain one hit; another hit to an unshielded city will destroy it. Players control a ship that can fire lasers horizontally and drop bomb vertically. The ship is also equipped with an energy beam that can absorb energy from energy tanks, and can also use that energy to create temporary shields around unprotected cities. The ship can also sustain up to ten blows in each round. If all four cities are destroyed or the ship takes ten hits in a round, the game ends. Nova Blast is a single player game…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Nova Blast launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Nova Blast come out?
Nova Blast was released on 31 December 1983 for ColecoVision, Intellivision and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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