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A nicely done, if unoriginal, Defender clone.

Graphics: 4 Sound: 4 Replay Value: 2 Notes: 1-player game; Easter Egg Screen Shots

Nova Blast is rather weak as a game. The sounds are pretty cool, and it looks nice. But it's too blatant a Defender rip-off - really one of Imagic's more disappointing games, considering the company it keeps. Once you're decent at it, you can play indefinitely. It seems that Imagic's late entries suffered on originality, or failing that, gameplay (see Fathom). Sometimes, the effort to keep gameplay identical on multiple platforms meant clipping the wings of a game.

A total of two Nova Blast box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Imagic	710022-1A	1983	U.S.A.	Standard black tray with cardboard backing; DOES NOT have game name and catalog number on top; game title on blue background on spine
	Imagic	710022-2A	1983	U.S.A.	International Edition—text in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch; standard black tray with cardboard backing; DOES NOT have game name and catalog number on top; game title on blue background on spine

A total of two Nova Blast manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Imagic	700022-1 Rev. A	1983	U.S.A.
	Imagic	700022-2 Rev. A	1983	U.S.A.	International Edition—instructions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, Dutch

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Nova Blast.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	imagic	740022-1A	1983

A total of two Nova Blast label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Imagic	720022-1A	1983	U.S.A.	Text label
	Imagic	720022-2A	1983	U.S.A.	International Edition—label text in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch; silver label

	Standard Imagic attract-mode title screen.
	The firing rate on youre ship's cannon is awesome! Smooth scrolling and well-rendered graphics make the game visually appealing.

This wonderful title screen egg brought to you by Wendell Brown.

Credit: Joe Zbiciak

Left Controller: Press and hold: [1]
Right Controller: Press and hold: [1]
Press Reset
Easter Egg: The title screen has a slightly different look:

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