Thrust

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Description

Thrust brings realistic physics and inertia-based movement into arcade games, directly influencing titles like Oids, as well as Exile from Audiogenic by the same author. The action is viewed from the side, with the graphics drawn in vectors, in keeping with the mathematical nature of everything that unfolds.

As a Resistance fighter, the player must fly into enemy lines in order to steal Klystron Pods to power more advanced starships, using your tractor beam to take them. A network of mounted guns are aiming to shoot the player down – these can be disabled by shooting their power source, but eventually this will explode, forcing the player to flee. Some of the later levels feature reverse gravity, which increases the difficulty of the gameplay.

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Alternate Titles

• "Thrust+" -- Atari 2600 v1.2 release name

Part of the Following Groups

• Cave-flyers and Thrust variants
• Thrust series

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Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Dec 23, 2001	A	100
Zzap! (Italy)	Commodore 64	Jun, 1986	94 out of 100	94
8-bit Central Retro Gaming	Atari 2600	2012		90
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	1986	89 out of 100	89
Power Play	Atari ST	May, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1986	8 out of 10	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Aug, 1986	7.25 out of 10	72
ST Action	Atari ST	Jun, 1988	48 out of 100	48
Woodgrain Wonderland	Atari 2600	Jul 22, 2018	C-	42
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	May, 1986	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Thrust appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
  • March 1991 (issue #42) - Included in the list Greatest Games of all Time in category Original Games (editorial staff choice)
• Commodore Format
  • July 1991 (Issue 10) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)
• Happy Computer
  • 1986 - Best Budget Game of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Thrust - remake (A remake for Unix/Windows/etc. Highly portable.)