O-Thrust (Oric)

System requirements:

The game is designed to run on 48KB Oric computers (such as Oric-1, Atmos and Telestrat models), but the download link comes with a pre-configured Windows Emulator ready to run.

Credits:

This game was written by Nox and released in 2010

Instructions:

Your mission is, as some of you might have guessed, to find and attach the klystron pod (sphere) and bring it into orbit.

To save the galaxy from The Big Nameless Evil you have to do that on 9 planets.

Controls:

You can use the following keys to control your space ship.

• X,C rotate (always possible)
• M thrust (needs fuel)
• K tractor beam (needs equipment)
• L fire (needs equipment)

If you don't like these, you can change them by selecting C on the start menu of the game

Hints:

This game is very hard, so these hints will be welcome!

• the tractor beam has only one purpose: to get the klystron pod
• remember that the tractor beam is pure energy (so collision is not a problem)
• unlike in Thrust, if you want to take up fuel (and other items) you have to land on them
• the power-plant cannot be destroyed. really. (use the cannon to open the door)
• the shield only protects you from radiation, not from physical objects
• if you are stranded on a base with no fuel left, the level will be restarted after a few seconds (if no key is pressed)
• each level has different start-conditions, so take a moment and look at your fuel/max.fuel/shield-values and items at the top.
• explore the levels... you don't want to be the only person not able to find the , do you? :P

Known Bugs:

This version 1.2 of the game has most issues ironed out, but you never know:

• the keyboard-routine works only 99,9%...
• if you have the sphere attached and fly left or right to another screen (possible on the surface) sometimes you get destroyed.
• be careful (you don't have to fly sideways with a sphere attached to complete the game).
• some other things I hope no one will notice.
• and yes, there is no sound...