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Want to get your hands on a real blockbuster that doesn't break the bank? Then rush out and grab Thrust. It could just be the best budget arcade style game yet released.

The basic idea is pretty simple. It's a sort of moon-lander type game - but with a bit of zapping thrown in.

You have to pilot your spacecraft in order to pick up fuel and the mysterious Pods which are the main object of your mission. Things start off pretty easily.

You manoeuvre your craft gently above a fuel dump and pick it up. Then you spot the circular Pod and, zapping a gun emplacement on the way, you grab it in your tractor beam and blast off through a warp and onto the next planet where more Pods are waiting.

This time the Pod is hidden deep in a cavern and you have to be really careful with the old thrust control to make it down to the Pod. And after that things get even more difficult...

Thrust is a simple but totally addictive game - and at just £1.99 you'd be stupid not to add it to your collection. It's tricky but lots of fun. Some neat music from Rob Hubbard, too...