<s>
Thrust	O
is	O
a	O
1986	O
video	O
game	O
programmed	O
by	O
Jeremy	O
Smith	O
(	O
who	O
later	O
co-authored	O
Exile	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Thrust	O
was	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
Atari	O
's	O
Gravitar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thrust	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
16/Plus	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
implementation	O
,	O
the	O
messages	O
displayed	O
are	O
"	O
Support	O
Hotol	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Physics	O
is	O
fun	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
I	O
love	O
space.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
agreed	O
to	O
publish	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
full	O
price	O
game	O
but	O
they	O
required	O
an	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
conversion	O
(	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
joint	O
BBC/Electron	O
package	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hobbyist-written	O
clones	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
(	O
2000	O
)	O
and	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
(	O
2004	O
)	O
consoles	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thrust	O
was	O
credited	O
by	O
Bjørn	O
Stabell	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
XPilot	B-Language
.	O
</s>
