---
title: Super Nova
tags:
- shoot them up
- space
years:
- '1980'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_supernova_box_m.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1980'
  - label: companies
    value: Big Five Software
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: optical disk
  - label: systems
    value: Tandy TRS-80
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (alternate)
  - label: staff
    value: Bill Hogue
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss1.png
  - title: menu / options
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss2.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss3.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss4.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss5.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss6.png
  - title: game over
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss7.png
  - title: you made it into the top 10!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_nova-blast_ss8.png
  - title: box
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/tandy_trs80_supernova_box.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/tandy-radio-shack-trs-80-model-iii
  company: /companies/tandy-radio-shack
  oc_id: 710
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529180040/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=710
    date: '2023-05-29'
---

Huge asteroids have invaded the galaxy! Your mission is to destroy them and the alien saucers before they destroy you.

Super Nova was based on the very popular arcade game Asteroids, which was released by Atari in 1979. It was the first big success for Bill Hogue and Big Five Software.