[AMSTRAD CPC] 🚀 Thrust - Longplay & Review (All 24 Missions/Planets! + Other Versions Comparison!) ✨

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Longplay and review for "Thrust" on the Amstrad CPC!
"Thrust" is an all time classic often appearing in many top lists of the best UK 8-bit home computer games, and it's about damn time someone covered the Amstrad version in full on KZbin!!
On this special longplay we're going to beat all 24 missions (or planets) going through 4 loops of 6 levels at a time; including the first normal 6 levels, then reverse gravity, invisible walls, and finally reverse gravity with invisible walls!! It's going to be a long longplay!! But we've got some interesting things to cover like video footage and comparison with the other 7 official versions, tape loading music(?!), its arcade coin-op inspiration and whatever else we can find!
This was a request by a Patreon and member of the Amsquad - Manuel Schulz! / xyphoe
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Background music featured - "Arrival" & "Supervention" by "24:7" - 247retro.bandcamp.com/
Timings -
00:00 Intro
03:10 Gravitar - The Inspiration For Thrust
04:52 Loading Music!
08:00 LONGPLAY Begins
26:51 Reverse Gravity (Missions 7-12)
35:30 Thrust Other Versions Comparison!
43:34 Reverse Gravity (Missions 7-12) Continued...
48:26 Invisible Landscape (Missions 13-18)
50:03 Amstrad Action Review
53:25 My Review & Conclusions
58:48 Invisible Landscape (Missions 13-18) Continued...
1:08:14 Final Loop!! (Missions 19-24)

[@moterov4]

Thank you Xyphoe for discovering this gem for me, which I have been enjoying for a short time. You are right that there are few games that incorporate this mechanics, this physics, gravitational. Congratulations on the epic longplay.

[@SimplyAustins]

It's a nice channel you have here mate. Glad I come across you 😌

[@Xyphoe]

Oh wow! What a discovery in your channel too!! A very easy sub too!!

[@ojbeez5260]

Juggernaut on the Amstrad has wire frame graphics and has your truck attached to a trailer and has a similar Physics of a main player attached to another unit trying not to 'Jack-knife' it. Albeit no Gravity, just acceleration and turning circles but has some similarities in gameplay as like Thrust when attached to the orb.

[@Xyphoe]

Oh yea, good call on that one! Completely forgot about that game!

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

My fave 8 bit game. Nice control. Good one sir.

[@Xyphoe]

Oh mate! I gave you a big shout out in the video ... I came across your C64 longplay and my jaw hit the floor at your skills! WOW. Truly outstandingly impressive. My playthrough is kinda embarrassing next to yours!!

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

@@Xyphoe nah man I have played it since 86. I love seeing people go till the end. Amstrad has perfect control gravity wise. Well bloody played man. Top stuff.

[@TontonMayonnaise]

I didn't know this game, but it's really great !! It's like a stress test for your nerves, but it's really well coded ! Thank you for the dedication on the CPC world once more, Xyphoe ! :)

[@Xyphoe]

Thank you! I'm really glad to introduce you to this classic game, the physics are amazing here and it is true what you say - it is indeed a stress test, and a test of your patience and certainly your nerves! Good luck if you play it!!

[@Markus-zw8tr]

Really great stream! Honestly saying this game was new for me. I like this CPC world. My first computer was CPC 464...

[@Xyphoe]

Thank you Markus! I'm glad to have brought this game to you then, and what a great computer to be your first one!

[@ojbeez5260]

There is a 32 bit version - the Acorn Archimedes Version (the BBC being the parent machine - like the C64 is to the Amiga). It is almost identical looking to the BBC/Amstrad/C64 version, including loading screen, ONLY it plays so unbelievably smoothly without any flicker! I have played it on real Acorn hardware and also a Raspberry Pi with RISCOS (NOT Linux) installed. (also REAL , but more modern, hardware)

[@Xyphoe]

WOW never heard of that or seen that anyway... does that exist anywhere to download??!

[@EricBarbman]

Fly harder on Amiga was very, very nice in this gravity/thrust genre.

[@bonzobanana1]

I seem to remember Thrust was first released by Firebird as a budget game but Superior did a version for the Acorn micros that was full price but maybe I've got it the wrong way around. I sort of remember the Acorn community back then complaining that it was a full price release on their formats but again so many years have passed I might have that wrong. Just thinking about Acorn games a bit like this makes me think of Spheres of Chaos on the Archimedes which is the best asteroids game I've ever played. I think there was a conversion to PC. Man, I loved that game. I played Thrust and enjoyed it but didn't get too far into it and so I'd rate it about average because basically I didn't have the patience for it.

[@Xyphoe]

Yea someone else mentioned in the comments there was Archimedes release but I never heard of it, and could find no mention of it anywhere on any sites whilst researching Thrust - so that came as a big surprise!

[@angelrojo8983]

Saludos desde españa,me encanta tu canal.

[@Xyphoe]

Hola!! Thank you for your kind words!! Much appreciated!!

[@magicknight8412]

I played Thrust 2 before this, only as I won a copy in a competition somewhere. Thought it was alright. Then eventually got a copy of this and enjoyed it too.

[@Xyphoe]

Ahh I thought Thrust 2 was kinda universally disliked or a disappointment - I feel like I should give it a proper 2nd look then.

[@Lucasrainford]

GG on completing the game m8! Looked mega tough! Hat's off for your dedication to complete it! I had this on the C64 bitd, good game for £1:99. No Amiga port? It did have a few unofficial versions....check out Zarathrusta, Fly Harder, The Executioner and Rotor sometime

[@Xyphoe]

Thank you mate! This one nearly broke me! Going to choose an easier game for the next vid!!! And yea no Amiga port sadly. Were all the ones you mentioned public domain releases?

[@Lucasrainford]

@@Xyphoe Nah, some full price ones. The graphics have been enhanced a lot too on some 👍

[@AndyHewco]

I played Thrust II on the Amstrad first, and I remember I quite liked it at the time. Playing again today at its quite frustrating. I much prefer the original Thrust.

[@Xyphoe]

Oh you're not the first to say Thrust II wasn't so bad.... I remember it being really bad but maybe my memories are wrong. I must check it out! No doubt though that Thrust (the first game) is vastly superior I'm sure!!

[@inkraktare]

Bloody loved this game, had it on the Speccy. Absolute perfection 😁👍

[@Xyphoe]

Yea it's awesome! I couldn't quite get on as well with the Speccy version, but it's still great!

[@monero892]

Outstanding game

[@hayesmaker64]

Well said about the frustration. Read the reviews of my Android port... Makes me smile every time! The smoothest version is the BBC original, that is peak Thrust. The lack of music is fine since it's only playing for 5 seconds before we press fire to start the damn game anyway! 😂

[@Xyphoe]

Hehe! Thanks man! I honestly couldn't tell the difference gameplay wise between BBC and C64 versions... I had both running side by side in emus and was switching back and forth between them. Both felt and played identical to me. If I'm wrong, fair enough. In terms of comparing on real hardware - they're both on a par with each other. For playing via emulation... I'll go with the C64 one for ease of controls.

[@Xyphoe]

But what's up with the C16 release and glitches in Vice?

[@hayesmaker64]

@@Xyphoe no idea about that one, never tried it. I try to forget the C16 ever existed 😅

[@Xyphoe]

@@hayesmaker64 I don't blame you!! What were they thinking!! 😂🤦‍♂

[@omegahunter7147]

Remember this game on the ZX Spectrum. Both loved and hated it, never got pass the reverse gravity levels

[@Xyphoe]

Hey mate! Good to hear from you! I can understand the frustration, more so on the Speccy version! That port just didn't feel right to me, still good though!

[@ash81b4u]

Great stuff mate. Took some to do all that. I have and had Thrust 2 but never did get this. Sequel looks better but horrible scrolling. Look forward to seeing that one 😏

[@Xyphoe]

Cheers mate! I think we're going to have to explore Thrust 2 on an Amstream at some point...!

[@aimeeandstevewebber4542]

I would say the 2600 version is best!!! Joystick controls and absolutely nails it. Can’t understand why it isn’t an option for all of them. Looking around for keys really takes you out of the experience. The 2600 joystick controls are very responsive and great for precise flying. All versions with keys seem a significant step backwards after playing this. The base game is awesome across the board so it comes down to controls. The 2600 version has it over all the others in this regard. Never thought I would say that but there you go. Kudos to those who put that together. Yes, I think you have missed the two best versions 2600 and Vectrex is good as well.

[@CraigHarrisonsBar]

Hi Xyphoe, Not all releases of Thrust have the loading music. Only one of versions have music. Whist I was trying to get all 10 Firebird Musical loader releases I went through about 3 different thrusts before I got a musical one.

[@Xyphoe]

Oh really?? I wasn't aware of that at all!! How bizarre.... how do you know or tell the difference between the releases if you can? Is there anything physically you can see on the box art or tape?

[@julienbraudel7109]

Too bad this version does not have the gorgeous Rob Hubbard music (it would have been easy to convert from the Atari ST version). Merci Xyphoe pour les vidéos.

[@Xyphoe]

Yes that music was so good. Maybe I should ask Jonah Ship to convert it and maybe someone could make an updated version for the Amstrad! ..... and maybe someone can fix the flicker and make it faster too!!

[@julienbraudel7109]

Nice idea.. I just found two adaptations for the cpc : a remix by Sutekh m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXOVloCInMaAoNE and the straight conversion from the ST in a french demo from 1989 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3-vYnSLeKdogNE

[@hayesmaker64]

@@Xyphoe no need to mod the Amstrad version. Just load it on C64 instead 😛