This is the first game in the Thunderbirds series. For other games in the series see the Thunderbirds category.
| Thunderbirds | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Firebird Software |
| Publisher(s) | Firebird Software, Serma Software |
| Year released | 1985 |
| System(s) | Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64/128 |
| Followed by | Thunderbirds (1988) |
| Series | Thunderbirds |
| Designer(s) | John F. Cain, Kevin A. Moughtin, Mark Alexander |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Players | 1 |
| Modes | Single player |
- This guide is for the 1985 Firebird Software game. For the 1988 Grandslam Entertainment game, the 1989 Activision game, the 2000 SCi game and the 2007 Blast! Entertainment game, see Thunderbirds (1988), Thunderbirds (NES), Thunderbirds (2000) and Thunderbirds (2007).
Thunderbirds is an action game, that was released by Firebird Software on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1985; it is based on the Anderson-Provis Films, Associated Television and ITC Entertainment Group television series of the same name that originally aired on the ITV Network from 1964 to 1966 but was later moved to BBC Television after ATV lost their franchise at the end of 1981.
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This is from the back of the cassette's inlay card, the front of which is shown in the image to the right:
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ZX Spectrum title screen.
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C64 version's title screen
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Screenshot of the game.
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In 2005, this game was remade for the Microsoft Windows operating system by R.I.C. Games, under the name Thunderbirds: The Hypertrap; the backgrounds have been enhanced to make them look more like the inside of a pyramid, and it uses images of the two Thunderbird ships from the show for their sprites. However, as with the remakes for Creative Sparks's Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau and Piranha's The Trap Door, the gameplay's exactly the same as that of the initial version.