Rickster8 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) [ Intellivision HSC Season 15 ] (Game 11) Nova Blast Nova Blast by Imagic 1983 The four Capsuled Cities of Water Planet Hydron are under fierce enemy attack! Nova 1, the last of the Novon Fleet, must single-handedly defeat these aliens before they dive into the cities or destroy Nova 1 with too many collisions. ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21565/intellivision/Nova-Blast-1983-Imagic.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Nova Blast http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm High Score Club Record 70,250 - Crade 105,950 - gezkc Game Settings PRESS BUTTON 4 FOR CADET LEVEL Game Objective Protect and preserve the Cities for as long as you can and score the most points in the process Game Scoring +13 [1st place], +12 [2nd place], +11 [3rd place], +9 [4th place] down to +1 pt for participation. +2 Game Winner Incentive Contest Ends SUNDAY OCTOBER 10TH, 2021 - 11:59:59PM EASTERN TIME (BEST SCORES) 105,950 - gezkc [+13][+2 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+3 SET NEW RECORD] 33,450 - mark griff [+12] 31,650 - sprazzi [+11] ---------------------------- 28,500 - Rickster8 [+9] 27,050 - lupovax [+8] 23,500 - fakecortex [+7] 22,900 - wolfy62 [+6] 21,800 - roadrunner [+5] 20,650 - Gernot [+4] Overall Rankings After Horse Racing 1 Rickster8 189 2 Mark Griff 132 3 lupovax 118 4 gezkc 109 5 Sprazzi 100 6 mr_me 79 7 wolfy62 71 8 gar0u 49 9 IntyFanMatt 33 10 ed1475 31 11 fakecortex 28 12 CParsley 15 13 Ace24 12 14 RogerPoco 11 15 t0spmad 10 16 Gernot 9 17 jblenkle 7 18 JacobZu7zu7 5 18 roadrunner 5 Games Won 6 Rickster8 - Motocross x3 / Space Hawk / Space Gunner / Space Armada / Super Pro Decathlon x4 / Horse Racing 4 gezkc - Tropical Trouble / Happy Trails / Loco-Motion / Horse Racing 3 mr_me - Bomb Squad / Space Battle / Space Spartans 2 lupovax - Super Pro Decathlon / Horse Racing 2 mark griff - Pitfall GOLD / Horse Racing 1 RogerPoco - White Water 1 IntyFanMatt - Dreadnaught Factor 1 Sprazzi - White Water Sneak Preview: Utopia 30-30 Edited October 11, 2021 by Rickster8 Added in scores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I remember buying this game in Argos (a store in the UK) for £26.99 in about 1984. It amazes me how much games cost back then - that must be £70 or more in today's money! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, gezkc said: I remember buying this game in Argos (a store in the UK) for £26.99 in about 1984. It amazes me how much games cost back then - that must be £70 or more in today's money! Yeah I remember carts for the Inty went for $35.00+ here in the States, back in the early to mid 80's..... Was pretty ridiculous..... ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 21,800 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Nova Blast: 41,700 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Another Imagic game I haven't heard of! Not always hits, but they have a charm about them. From the description, sounds like Atlantis...we'll see... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 22,900. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 So is this game any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 6 hours ago, fakecortex said: Another Imagic game I haven't heard of! Not always hits, but they have a charm about them. From the description, sounds like Atlantis...we'll see... It's kind of a cross between Defender and Atlantis. You defend cities like in Atlantis, but have to fly your ship bombing and shooting at land and air based enemies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, gezkc said: It's kind of a cross between Defender and Atlantis. You defend cities like in Atlantis, but have to fly your ship bombing and shooting at land and air based enemies. But is it good? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 48 minutes ago, IntyFanMatt said: But is it good? Try it and see! ? I think it's good. It's a nice looking game, the sound effects and graphics are good (the laser in particular is pretty awesome!) and it's good fun. I've read some reviews that haven't really rated it, but personally I think it's a decent game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 31650 for me 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 6 hours ago, gezkc said: Try it and see! ? I think it's good. It's a nice looking game, the sound effects and graphics are good (the laser in particular is pretty awesome!) and it's good fun. I've read some reviews that haven't really rated it, but personally I think it's a decent game. Good to hear! I don’t have it so I’d hafta go out and buy it off eBay. I’ll take a look, thanks man! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 A slight improvement. Nova Blast: 56,000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 My First Nova Blast Entry: Not really sure what I'm doing. Hopefully I can get to 30k before the contest is over. ? CADET LEVEL - 23,650 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 My Nova (Scotia) Blast Update: ? Some decent improvement.... ? CADET LEVEL - 28,500 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Quick Nova Blast Update: (Up to post #16) 56,000 - gezkc 31,650 - sprazzi 28,500 - Rickster8 22,900 - wolfy62 21,800 - roadrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) On 9/25/2021 at 11:51 PM, Rickster8 said: Yeah I remember carts for the Inty went for $35.00+ here in the States, back in the early to mid 80's..... Was pretty ridiculous..... ? Lucky fellows you are, i paid SFr 80 to 120 (Golf) for one this finally forced me to order them from the grey market (HK direct import) for SFr 30 each, you know the prices here are so steep because the swiss are all billionaires (cough). (SFr 1 equaled to roundabout $1.75 in the eighties which means it was more or less the same) Spoiler Jahr 1 US-$ (USA) 100 sfr (Schweiz) 1978 2,01 112,92 1979 1,83 110,23 1980 1,82 108,48 1981 2,26 115,25 Edited October 1, 2021 by Gernot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 ...more or less double... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I really don't remember this game being as hard as this. It all gets a bit frantic once the water walkers appear! Nova Blast: 73,000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 2 hours ago, gezkc said: I really don't remember this game being as hard as this. It all gets a bit frantic once the water walkers appear! Nova Blast: 73,000 HSC Record and smashes the record on Twin Galaxies. You need to record this and be the world record holder on TG. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: HSC Record and smashes the record on Twin Galaxies. You need to record this and be the world record holder on TG. ? No way?! I've got scores over 120,000 on Nova Blast before! Surely the world record must be higher than that?! ? Perhaps not many people play it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 55 minutes ago, gezkc said: No way?! I've got scores over 120,000 on Nova Blast before! Surely the world record must be higher than that?! ? Perhaps not many people play it! The world record is 56,400 on Twin Gakaxies. You can beat that easily. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, IntyFanMatt said: The world record is 56,400 on Twin Gakaxies. You can beat that easily. Amazing. ? I'm not sure how to video gameplay though (other than using a mobile phone!) . Does anyone know how to do that? I'm emulating via an Ultimate Flashback/Raspberry Pi. Is there software you can get to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, gezkc said: Amazing. ? I'm not sure how to video gameplay though (other than using a mobile phone!) . Does anyone know how to do that? I'm emulating via an Ultimate Flashback/Raspberry Pi. Is there software you can get to do that? I use my iPhone for all my vids, but that record is with Original Hardware. Yes you could submit one for Emulation, but then it wouldn't beat the 56,400 record...... When you make videos for TG you have to boot up the console on camera, video the entire game and then when the game is over show your console and cartridge, you can do this before the game as well... Edited October 2, 2021 by Rickster8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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