<s>
Terrorpods	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1987	B-Application
shooting	O
game	O
with	O
simple	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
by	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
casts	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
an	O
industrial	O
spy	O
in	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
future	O
,	O
assigned	O
to	O
halt	O
an	O
evil	O
Empire	O
's	O
production	O
of	O
fearsome	O
war	O
machines	O
called	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
appearance	O
of	O
the	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
from	O
a	O
rejected	O
design	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
cover	O
artist	O
Roger	O
Dean	O
for	O
the	O
Martian	O
fighters	O
in	O
Jeff	O
Wayne	O
's	O
Musical	O
Version	O
of	O
The	O
War	O
of	O
the	O
Worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
views	O
the	O
action	O
in	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
from	O
the	O
cockpit	O
of	O
his	O
DSV	O
(	O
Defence	O
Strategy	O
Vehicle	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
consumes	O
fuel	O
as	O
it	O
travels	O
around	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
a	O
crater	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
Colian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enemy	O
forces	O
comprise	O
destructible	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
and	O
Spoilers	O
roaming	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
indestructible	O
mothership	O
that	O
hovers	O
overhead	O
and	O
periodically	O
shoots	O
at	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terrorpods	B-Application
will	O
attack	O
colonies	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
briefly	O
repelled	O
with	O
the	O
phaser	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
destroy	O
the	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
use	O
missiles	O
,	O
which	O
require	O
precious	O
detonite	O
to	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terrorpods	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
inside	O
the	O
game	O
box	O
was	O
a	O
foldout	O
poster	O
,	O
drawn	O
by	O
Tim	O
White	O
,	O
depicting	O
three	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
excavating	O
minerals	O
on	O
the	O
icy	O
surface	O
of	O
Colian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julie	O
Boswell	O
's	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
User	O
review	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
superb	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
high	O
fidelity	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
and	O
the	O
tense	O
,	O
strategic	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Smith	O
's	O
December	O
1987	B-Application
review	O
in	O
ACE	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
prefer	O
your	O
blasting	O
spiced	O
with	O
the	O
odd	O
alien	O
then	O
Terrorpods	B-Application
could	O
be	O
worth	O
a	O
look	O
;	O
if	O
you	O
prefer	O
your	O
blasting	O
spiced	O
with	O
the	O
odd	O
chance	O
to	O
think	O
then	O
you	O
could	O
well	O
get	O
frustrated	O
and	O
,	O
eventually	O
,	O
bored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
had	O
a	O
short	O
capsule	O
review	O
in	O
their	O
December	O
1987	B-Application
edition	O
,	O
concluding	O
"	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
n't	O
bad	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
engrossing	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
£25	O
price	O
take	O
is	O
a	O
little	O
on	O
the	O
steep	O
side.	O
"	O
</s>
