Traxtor: The Story

We never had a name for the invaders. There was nothing tangible about them to give a name to. They had weapons of course, and we could see those; tumbling geometrics filling the void, advancing on our outposts and smashing them to bits. They were relentless.

Day by day, fewer star-pilots returned from the fight, and soon our home planets came under attack. Xonas fell first, peppered with magenta blocks that ripped through its core and kept on going. In one single day, the Xonan colony was obliterated.

Any future for our species looked to be futile.

It was a lone cargo-hauler who made the first successful strike against the enemy. As the tumbling shapes appeared, so he released his cargo to flee. The force from the de-polarised tractor beam sent the cargo-crate smashing into an alien block, and just for a moment, the block was repelled.

The trans-vid of this event sparked a frenzied development program, and the cargo hauler was re-fitted with a new potent tractor beam, one that could draw out these advancing blocks, and send them smashing back into their brethren. They referred to this device as "Traxtor".

As the only person to have dealt a blow against the invaders, the cargo pilot was assigned the mission. To save the cosmos.

You are the cargo pilot of this story, and people now call you, Traxtor.

Traxtor Game Controls

O - Left, P - Right, Q - Push Block, A - Suck Block

Or keys can be redefined. Kempston or Sinclair joystick.

Return Of Traxtor Game Controls

O - Left, P - Right, Q - Push Block, A - Suck Block

Or keys can be redefined. Kempston or Sinclair joystick.

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On 128K machines, use 48 Mode and follow the above procedure. There are no additional elements for 128K users.

Traxtor turbo loads in approximately 1 minute 30 seconds.
Traxtor normal loads in approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Return Of Traxtor turbo loads in approximately 1 minutes 40 seconds.
Return Of Traxtor normal loads in approximately 3 minutes.

Please Note: Side A contains the sensitive turbo-load versions of the games. These require a 48K Spectrum with a finely-tuned volume control. If these versions fail to load, please rewind Side B and load your games from there.