Starbase Hyperion

{{Short description|1980 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

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| title = Starbase Hyperion

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| publisher = Quality Software

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| designer = Don Ursem{{cite web |last1=Hague |first1=James |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers |url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/}}

| platforms = Sorcerer, Atari 8-bit

| released = 1980: Sorcerer
1981: Atari

| genre = Strategy

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Starbase Hyperion is a strategy video game written by Don Ursem for the Exidy Sorcerer and published by Quality Software in 1980. A port to Atari 8-bit computers followed in 1981.{{cite web |title=Starbase Hyperion |url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-starbase-hyperion_5019.html |website=Atari Mania}}

Contents

Starbase Hyperion is a strategic space game which the player is a starbase commander whose base comes under attack by the forces of an invading alien empire.

Reception

Tom M. Buchanan reviewed Starbase Hyperion in The Space Gamer No. 34.{{cite journal|last=Buchanan |first=Tom M. |date=December 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=34|pages=35–36}} Buchanan commented that "This is an excellent computer simulation game. The full graphics and real-time combat displays make the game visually challenging. If you're looking for a game with challenging play instead of complex rules and you own a Sorcerer computer, this game is a must."

Reviews

  • ANALOG Computing{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/AnalogIssue1-5/Analog%20Issue%204%20%28Unknown%201982%29/page/n33/mode/2up | title=A.N.A.L.O.G. Atari Magazine Issues 1 - 5 }}

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