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| Developer(s) | Big Five Software |
| Publisher(s) | Big Five Software |
| Designer(s) | Bill Hogue [1] Jeff Konyu [1] |
| Platform(s) | TRS-80 |
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Attack Force is a 1980 video game developed by Big Five Software for the TRS-80 16K. It was written by Big Five co-founders Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu. [1] Hogue later wrote Miner 2049'er . Attack Force is based on Exidy's 1980 Targ arcade game. [2] [3]
Attack Force is a game in which the player's ship must avoid the twisting and turning ram-ships of the enemy. [4] [5]
J. Mishcon reviewed Attack Force in The Space Gamer No. 39. [4] Mishcon commented that "This is another strong entry in the Big Five line and I strongly recommend it for any arcade buff." [4]
Miner 2049er is a platform game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software. It was developed for the Atari 8-bit family and widely converted to other systems. The title "Miner 2049er" evokes a 21st-century take on the circa-1849 California Gold Rush in which the gold miners and prospectors were nicknamed "49ers". It was the first Atari computer game, and by far the biggest release, from the previously TRS-80 focused company.
Galactic Empire is a strategy video game written by Doug Carlston for the TRS-80 and released 1980. It is the first game in the Galactic Saga and became first game published by Broderbund which was, in fact, created for the purpose of publishing the game. Galactic Empire was ported to the Apple II and the Atari 8-bit family and followed by three sequels. The game was also published by Adventure International.
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Big Five Software was an American video game developer in the first half of the 1980s founded by Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu. The company released games for the Tandy TRS-80 and later the Atari 8-bit family. Most of its TRS-80 games were clones of arcade games of the time, such as Galaxy Invasion (Galaxian), Super Nova (Asteroids), Defense Command, and Meteor Mission. Big Five also sold an Atari joystick interface called TRISSTICK which was popular with TRS-80 owners. The company's most successful release was original: the 10-stage platform game Miner 2049er, released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1982 and widely ported to other systems.
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