Thrust

Reliving my college days!

The thumping chiptune of the day is awarded to Thrust!! Let me explain... Earlier, I enjoyed a couple of plays and now must suffer the reward of having its funky music booming through my tiny mind. Yep, I just can't get it out of my head lol. Well, it's a good job then that it's one of my favourite Rob Hubbard masterpieces.

I love Thrust, but I don't recall there being many rave reviews. Probably because it didn't appear to be much of a technical improvement over the 8-bit originals? For me, that's good because it's perfect, and any cosmetic changes would have been a huge mistake. Remember Chuckie Egg 2, a shocking 16-bit disaster.

Thankfully, Thrust isn't like that. It's still a great game with tough mechanics and hugely addictive gameplay. I love it and so will you because it's a cracking game. It's as good today as it was back then. I should know, I spent most of my college years in the 'library' playing Thrust on a BBC Micro instead of studying!

It looks funky, sounds boomtastic and plays great, so it's a timeless classic for the Atari ST!!

• D-Bug has a version of Thrust that you can install onto a hard drive/ultrasatan.
• Those who need the floppy disk can check out Atari Legend.
• SNDH Record is the place if you fancy driving yourself crazy with this gorgeous chiptune?
• Masochists can download it to play later, courtesy of the SNDH Archive. All good fun :-)