Thrust - Best Version

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Carrying on from the Chuckie Egg thread, which version of Thrust do you think is best? Straightforward gameplay, simple graphics, but there seems to be such a difference between computers/consoles.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
BBC Micro	2
ZX Spectrum	0
Atari 2600	0
Atari ST	0
Atari 8-bit	0
Acorn Electron	0
Amstrad CPC	0
Commodore 64	0
Commodore 16	0
Vectrex	0

― snoball, Sunday, 18 May 2008 20:37 (seventeen years ago)

This is my regretted non-nom from Dom's poll. BBC version again is the one I know best, remember being disappointed that the C64 game just didn't feel right.

― Thomas, Monday, 19 May 2008 08:14 (seventeen years ago)

oh i'm not voting for either, hated this game. so frustrating.

― Ste, Monday, 19 May 2008 08:35 (seventeen years ago)

(xpost) Well I'm biased, having owned a BBC Micro at the time, and playing the game incessantly when I should have been revising for exams. But it's still my favourite version because of this "feel" that there is to the physics. It's possible to pull off tricks that are just frustrating to attempt in the other versions, like swinging the pod around while avoiding the closing door and simultaneously shooting the reactor. And the collision detection is pixel perfect.

― snoball, Monday, 19 May 2008 12:41 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Friday, 23 May 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

I'm with Ste, never played a version I liked, so no vote from me.

Also, this poll is a bit tricksier than the chuckie egg one, just because CE had lots of versions, but never any clones. The same isn't true for Thrust, and that muddies the water a bit.

― JimD, Friday, 23 May 2008 23:29 (seventeen years ago)

Well I've stuck with versions actually called "Thrust" - no clones like "Gravity Force" etc., so no poll option for the Amiga. Arguably the 2600 and Vectrex versions could be considered clones as they were released much later in the early 2000's.

― snoball, Saturday, 24 May 2008 17:42 (seventeen years ago)

Didn't know vectrex games were still being made. I really should get myself one.

― JimD, Saturday, 24 May 2008 22:20 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Saturday, 24 May 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

it's a landslide!

― s1ocki, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:46 (seventeen years ago)

LOLOL

― Ste, Sunday, 25 May 2008 18:54 (seventeen years ago)

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