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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 1982 platformer game developed and published by Big Five Software in December 1982. It is set in a mine, where the player controls the Mountie Bounty Bob. The player controls Bounty Bob through multiple levels of a mine, with the goal of traversing all of the platforms in each level all while avoiding enemies and within a set amount of time.
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 Atari 8-bit computers and followed by three sequels. The game was also published by Adventure International.
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