Super Space Towers - A seriously cool modern 'Thrust' for PC and Consoles coming early 2021

One of the best Amstrad games I ever played with my dad, was the 1986 Firebird release of ' Thrust '. It was an extremely challenging vectored thrust game that required the best of your skills to tractor an orb out from underneath dangerous cave like landscapes. Most of your time was spent blasting power stations or avoiding smashing into rocks but the game kept you hooked! Now if you were also a fan of this great game, you'll be pleased to know that Happy Cactus Games are taking the classic Thrust into a new level of awesomeness in 'Super Space Towers'.

Thrust 30 - A truly awesome version of Thrust aims for a Greenlight success

Earlier this month we did a big feature of HayesMaker's Thrust remake known as ' Thrust 30 ' for PC, Mac and Linux. It is a 2D vectored game that celebrated the 30th anniversary of Jeremy Smith's "Thrust", which puts you in control of a fast moving ship that could blast away defences, take out power stations and tractor orbs from deep underground and out into space. Well you'll be pleased to know after our recent feedback saying it was a recommended game with a bloody awesome soundtrack by Matt Gray, it's now going through a Steam Greenlight campaign with a demo that needs all your thumbs up.

Thrust 30 - Hayes Maker Games celebrates the 30th anniversary of Jeremy Smith's "Thrust"

I'm sure many retro gamers will remember Thrust, which was first published by Firebird Software Ltd and released in 1986. It also originally came on a multitude of systems including the Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, Vectrex, and ZX Spectrum. In fact it was such a popular game, over the years we've had many remakes and ports and this time in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Jeremy Smith's Thrust, Hayes Maker Games with music by legendary C64 composer Matt Gray has made available his version that is playable on PC / Mac or any other HTML5 enabled device!

Gravity Star Rescue Racer - Early work in progress Arcade game inspired by Thrust

Denis Evans from the wicked retro gaming store The Retro Cavern,  has contacted me about his new game that's in development for Mac, iOS, Android, and possibly PC via HTML5, 'Gravity Star Rescue Racer'. Taking inspirations from that classic game Thrust but with a unique twist, Gravity Star Race is more of a shoot em up affair as you have to blast everything under ground while keeping an eye on your shield level.

Gravitus Minus - A seriously cool modern 'Thrust' for PC and Linux

One of the best Amstrad games I ever played with my dad, was the 1986 Firebird release of ' Thrust '. It was an extremely challenging vectored thrust game that required the best of your skills to tractor an orb out from underneath dangerous cave like landscapes. Most your time was spent blasting power stations or avoiding smashing into rocks but the game kept you hooked! Now a developer by the name of kometbomb has created possibly the next best modern style Thrust as ' Gravitus Minus ' for PC and Linux.

Transball - Difficulty increased in this Thrust like MSX game

When I was growing up, one of the best Amstrad games I ever played with my dad, was the 1986 Firebird release of ' Thrust '. It involved the controlling of a ship using vectored thrust that had to pick up orbs with a tractor beam, blasting power plants, avoiding the landscape while doing so, and then flying off into space. It was a fantastic retro game indeed, so you'll have forgive me if I got a little bit excited over Santiago Ontañón Villar's new MSX game 'Transball' which is very much like Thrust and released just recently!

Deep Core Raider - Loved Thrust? Then play this new ZX Spectrum game!

When I was growing up, one of the best Amstrad games I ever played with my dad, was the 1986 Firebird release of ' Thrust '. It involved the controlling of a ship using vectored thrust that had to pick up orbs with a tractor beam, blasting power plants, avoiding the landscape while doing so, and then flying off into space. It was so much fun, yet with the way the landscapes were designed it was also very difficult. So what if I told you there was a new homebrew ZX Spectrum game developed by Paul Jenkinson, that is very much like thrust and you can download now? Welcome to ' Deep Core Raider '

Terra Lander - Retrotastic homage to Luna Lander now on Steam!

Turn back the clock to 1979 when Atari released Lunar Lander with lovely vector graphics on Arcade machines across the Globe. Your mission, to pilot a lunar lander module for a safe touchdown on the moon. Fast forward to today and we have Terra Lander to play through Steam! A homage to Luna Lander in which you need to navigate your pod through twenty increasingly difficult levels to land within a time limit and while managing fuel reserves.

Pj_crozza releases many free retro remakes!

PJ Crossley is no stranger to the retro gaming era as his golden age of gaming goes right back to the days of the ZX81. He has played most of the 8-bit systems and has plenty of experience with dealing with old games and giving them the remake treatment for PC gaming. Although not new, they have recently been updated and uploaded to gamejolt. There are lots of games for you to play and remember such as Cookie, Pacman, Thrust and many others each listed for your enjoyment!

Thrust - The latest remake of the hit retro classic from 1986

Game Type : Arcade, Retro Remake

Developer : pj_crozza

Game Info  : I'm sure many retro gamers will remember Thrust, which was first published by Firebird Software Ltd and released in 1986. It also originally came on a multitude of systems including the Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, Vectrex, and ZX Spectrum. Well now you can play the latest remake of Thrust for free, thanks to pj_crozza! Your task? To tractor the Klystron Pods out into space with a rather handy tractor beam, but watch out for the enemy guns and of cause the cave walls!

Release : Now (Free)
Systems : PC

Games I remember with a remake - THRUST

I'll say it right now, Thrust was an incredibly fun game for such a low budget title. It was published by Firebird Software Ltd and released in 1986 and for what it didn't have in graphics, it excelled in the fun factor. Thrust came on many different systems including the Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, Vectrex, and ZX Spectrum. I myself spent many hours of enjoyment plus frustration on my Amstrad CPC playing this game. The simple task of pulling out Klystron Pods, out and into space ended up with either, your ship pulling the pod into the side of a cave, or you smashing your ship into another object. But it had far more to it than that!

Retrobooster - Multi-Directional Shoot em up (0.6 DEMO UPDATE)

Blast your enemies to dust while avoiding crashing your ship into the surface of caverns and other such hard places. You will also be met with challenges and tight puzzles and an impressive set of weaponry, this is RetroBooster. A cool looking Multi-Directional Shoot em up which we recently covered here on Indie Retro News, which has been given a 0.6 demo update!