Genre: | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
Publisher: | Superior |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B |
Release: | Professionally released on 5.25" Disc |
Available For: | Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC464, Atari 400/800/600XL/800XL/130XE, Atari ST, BBC Model B, Commodore 16/Plus 4, Commodore 64/128, Game Boy Advance, PC 128S & Spectrum 48K/Plus |
Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
Original Release Date: | 19th July 1986 |
Original Release Price: | £11.95 |
Market Valuation: | £4.00 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Oversize clamshell case |
Author(s): | Jeremy Smith |
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The game has a compulsive quality that justifies Superior's usual high-profile promotion. Read Review
Whilst Thrust is well-packaged and plays well, I can't resist the feeling that conversions of Commodore 64 games are not the ideal way forward for Beeb programming. Read Review
It's difficult to explain the sheer addictive pull of this game. It's all in the sheer skill and delicacy that's needed to pilot that spaceship. Read Review
Superior Software have come up with a winner here; the finished-appearance of the game makes me wonder whether it was written for the BBC first and converted later. Read Review
Thrust is a classic game, a game at which the natural games player will excel. Read Review
This is a definite contender for my game of 1986. Read Review
The Resistance is about to launch a major offensive against the Empire. In preparation for this, they have captured several starships, but they lack the essential power sources for these formidable craft, Klyston Pods.
You have been commissioned by the Resistance to steal these pods from the Empire's storage panels. To do so you must locate the pod, hover just above it, activate your starships's tractor beam and thrust away from the pod. Once the beam has locked onto the pod, you can deactivate the tractor beam. You must then carry the pod away from the planet. You receive a bonus at the end of each successful mission.
These guns are the planets' defence system. Accurate shooting from your spaceship will destroy the limpet guns.
To collect fuel, hover just above a fuel tank and activate the tractor beam.
Each planet has a reactor providing power for the limpet guns. Shooting the reactor will damage it, and the guns will cease firing until power can be restored. The more damage done, the longer this will take. If you shoot the reactor repeatedly, it will become critically damaged. You will then have a limited amount of time to escape before the reactor explodes and the planet is destroyed. If this happens, and you have not collected the pod, then the mission has failed. If you retrieve the pod, send the reactor into its critical phase and leave the planet safely, you receive an extra bonus of 2000 points.
Destroying a limpet gun | ... | 750 points |
Destroying a fuel tank | ... | 150 points |
Collecting a fuel tank | ... | 300 points |
An extra spaceship is awarded for every 10,000 points scored.
CAPS LOCK - Rotate Left, CTRL - Rotate Right, RETURN - Fire, SHIFT - Thrust
SPACE - Sheilds/Tractor Beam, COPY/DELETE - Pause On/Off, S/Q - Sound On/Off
ESCAPE - Quit Game
Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: SHIFT-BREAK
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