Thrust
The aim of this shooter game is to pilot a spacecraft which must pick up a pod using a tractor beam and fly it into space. The ship and pod are subject to gravity and inertia, and being connected by a stiff…
Thrust is an arcade, released 31 December 1986 on Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST/STE.
What Thrust is
Thrust was released in 1986. It was published by Firebird Software. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Each planet has turrets which fire bullets at the ship, which can be destroyed with a single shot, and a reactor which powers the defence system of each planet. If the reactor is shot enough the turrets will cease firing for a short amount of time. Hitting the reactor with many bullets causes it to go critical and destroy the planet in 10 seconds - the ship must escape into space before this happens, with or without the pod (more points are gained if the pod is present). Fuel is needed to manœuvre the ship and can be collected with the tractor beam, if the ship runs out of fuel the whole game is over. A shield is also available, although when activated it uses fuel and the ship cannot shoot.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Thrust launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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