Instructions
Thrustline
Land a fuel-starved lander on ever narrower pads over vector mountains. Gentle and level scores big; fuel left times the pad multiplier is your payout.
- Year
- 1979
- Era
- Vector
- Genre
- Arcade / Lander
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Left/Right to rotate.
- Up or Space to burn fuel.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Use the < and > buttons to rotate and hold THRUST to burn.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
Each stage deals a new mountain range with three pads, thinner and worth more as you climb, under heavier gravity. Burn too much and you will have nothing left for the last second. Terrain and your drop point come from a seed.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 1300
- 2800
- 31,600
- 42,800
- 54,500
- 66,500
- 79,000
- 812,500
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Vector era, 1977–1982
Glowing phosphor lines on black glass: wireframes, starfields and one bright dot doing something impossible.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
