Cave-flyers and Thrust clones
Group Description
A so-called cave-flyer takes the 360° control method from the venerable
Asteroids, adds gravitation and/or inertia, and puts your ship in a landscape with more obstacles than enemies. The most classic example of the genre is
Thrust.
In the early nineties, multi-player battle cave-flyers such as
GF2,
AUTS and
Turboraketti II became popular, and the genre received its current name.
The genre flourished in Europe from the early to mid-90's both on Amiga and PC thanks to numerous caveflier games published by young Finnish coders and shareware groups which spread around quickly through BBS systems and the registered versions were popular at copy parties.
| Game Title |  Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| Comet Racer | 2009 | Browser | Donut Games | ... |
| TurboRaketti II | 1998 | Amiga | | 4.20 |
| V-Wing | 1997 | DOS | | 4.20 |
| TerraFire | 1997 | DOS, Windows | ORT Software | 3.50 |
| Rocket Chase | 1997 | DOS, Windows | | 4.25 |
| AUTS - The Ultimate Stress Relief Game | 1995 | DOS | | 3.10 |
| Bratwurst | 1995 | Amiga | Three Little Elks | 3.00 |
| Gravity Power | 1995 | Amiga | | 4.22 |
| Gravity Force 2 | 1994 | Amiga | Bits Productions | 3.83 |
| Fleuch 2.0 | 1993 | Amiga | | 4.60 |
| Fly Harder | 1993 | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Commodore 64 | Krisalis Software Ltd. | ... |
| Zarathrusta | 1991 | Amiga | 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. | 4.60 |
| Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship | 1990 | NES | Tradewest, Inc. | 3.23 |
| Gravity Force | 1989 | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | Kingsoft GmbH | 3.45 |
| Rotor | 1989 | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | Microdaft | 2.75 |
| Oids | 1987 | Atari ST, Macintosh | FTL Games | 4.04 |
| Thrust | 1986 | Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Vectrex, ZX Spectrum | Hozer Video Games | 3.66 |
| Gauntlet | 1984 | Atari 8-bit | | 4.33 |
| Gravitar | 1983 | Atari 2600 | Atari Corporation | 3.50 |
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