EV Nova CE
83.6 MB Windows
EV Nova Community Edition for Windows, with various fixes and improvements. More Info.
EV Nova mod 4
85.1 MB macOS 10.14
Custom edition of EV Nova for macOS 10.9 to 10.14, with automatic .rez conversion and .nplay support.

EV/O TCs & Related Plug-ins


EV Classic for Nova 1.1.6 (7.6 MB)
21 October 2024: 1.1.6 released with new .nplay launcher.
Port of the original Escape Velocity to the Nova engine.
rEV 1.1 (28.7 MB)
2 April 2023: Minor fixes.
Kris Quistorff's rEVisited graphical remake and expansion, rebuilt for EV Classic for Nova.

The Frozen Heart (7.5 MB)
20 April 2025: Updated with minor fixes.
Martin Turner's classic adventure, ported to the Nova engine.
Femme Fatale (10.1 MB)
20 April 2025: Initial release.
The sequel to The Frozen Heart, ported to the Nova engine.

EV Override for Nova 1.1.6 (9.3 MB)
21 October 2024: 1.1.6 released with new .nplay launcher.
Port of the original EV Override to the Nova engine.
EVO Extras (990 KB)
23 January 2023: Updated to match EVO changes.
Collection of five small plug-ins for EV Override for Nova.
EVO Facelift 1.0.7 (22.1 MB)
23 January 2023: Updated to match EVO changes.
Tim Morgan's graphical facelift for EV Override for Nova.
Cold Fusion for Nova 1.0.1 (10.1 MB)
20 October 2009: 1.0.1 released with minor improvements.
Dreamwave Studios' Cold Fusion graphics replacement for EV Override, ported to the Nova engine by Dr. Trowel.

Nova Plug-ins


Dodge That (86 KB)
Dodge the crazy torpedo for as long as you can! Start a new Dodge That pilot to begin.
Collision Damage (1 KB)
Looking for a challenge? With Collision Damage asteroids are no longer the friendly background decorations they once were. Visit any mission computer to begin.
Shields (306 KB)
Nova shield graphics plug by Dark Revenant, tweaked for better scaling and masking plus a version for ARPIA2.

Utilities


ResForge Universal
Modern resource fork editor, including advanced Nova templates and visual shan editor.
MissionComputer 4.3.1 (7.5 MB)
8 September 2020: 4.3.1 released with support for .npif files.
Comprehensive plug-in editor for Mac. Written by David Arthur, minor updates by myself.
See also: Duessa 4.2.2 (5.6 MB) Windows
> source code SpacePort 1.3.2 (2.0 MB)
6 April 2025: Updated Porting Guide.
Program for porting EV and EVO plug-ins to the Nova engine, written by Michael Hewitt, Brian Norwood and myself.
Plug-in Extractor (5.0 MB) Windows
27 June 2013: Initial release.
One-click plug-in extraction and conversion for Windows users - handles almost any archive format downloaded from the Nova Addons.
> source code Plug-in Converter (60 KB) 64-bit
Convert plug-ins between Mac and Windows formats. Correctly converts types such as 'snd ' that MC doesn't.
rleduce Universal Windows
Cross-platform CLI multitool for working with rlëDs/PICTs and plug-in format conversion.

Guides


EV Nova Bible
Easy-navigation HTML version, originally formatted by Jail.

Resource ID Guide
Last modified: 29 November 2021

Pilot File Format
Last modified: 29 January 2024
Based on Matt Burch's spec for original EV pilot files.
Note pilot files can be edited directly in ResForge.

EV Nova Hacks
Last modified: 15 February 2022

EV Nova Mission BitMap
NCB analysis by the Mission BitMap program.

EV Override Mission BitMap
NCB analysis by the Mission BitMap program.

EV Classic Mission BitMap
NCB analysis by the Mission BitMap program.


Back Room

How did you get here?

Polycon EV (29.1 MB)
AnubisTTP's Polycon, unofficially updated and repackaged for compatibility with both Mac Nova 1.1 and Windows.
Infini-D Models (917 KB)
Various 3D models I've used when making EVO Extras and maintaining Facelift, all based on the original EVO model files.
Additional Nova ports of classic plug-ins
Largely untested and unsupported.