                              NOVA BLAST

                              by Imagic

In this graphic space game, you  start with four domed
cities you are supposed to defend against waves of alien
attacks.  You have bombs and lasers to blast the alien
waterwalkers and spaceships.  The waterwalkers will shoot
back at you while the spaceships can only collide into you.
Each time the attackers hit the cities the shield is
weakened.  After the shield is destroyed, it will only take
one more hit to destroy the city.  In order to restore the
shield, you must first hover over an energy pylon and beam
up energy then position yourself over a damaged shield and
beam down the energy.  The energy pylons will continue to
produce energy unless you drain them completely.

The main problem in this game will be finding time to
replenish the shields between and during attack waves.  If
you carefully monitor your radar screen and listen for the
attack siren, you will have time to replenish at least two
shields.

Always eliminate the waterwalkers first--before they have
time to reach the cities, then concentrate on the
spaceships.  After you have destroyed almost all the
spaceships, go back to replenishing the most needy shields.

The action gets fast very quickly in this game and you'll
find it challenging just trying to defend one city.  This
game is like a combination of Buck Rogers and Defender.  You
can use either your joysticks or the Super Action
Controllers on this game.

This game was very hard for my youngest son to comprehend,
but my six year old and my nine year old really enjoyed it.

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