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
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
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198102/page/n35/mode/2up Review] in Creative Computing
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Quality Software games
Category:Video games about alien invasions
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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