Blazing Thunder (1990)

Blazing Thunder was released in 1990 for the ZX Spectrum 48K/128K. Published by Hi-Tec Software, the game was created by Dave Thompson and Richard Morton.

The game is a single-player arcade shoot-em-up. It features vertical scrolling within a gameplay area that occupies less than 50% of the screen, utilizing perpendicular 2.5D graphics. Players can control the action using Kempston joysticks, Interface 2, or cursor keys.

The cassette version was priced at £2.99. The title was also released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amiga, and Atari ST.

The game holds an average magazine score of 58.50%. Crash magazine awarded it 63%, while Your Sinclair provided a score of 54%.

The game became widely available in Russia through numerous TR-DOS versions released by various groups and a Russian translation titled «Яркий Гром» by Masterstudio. Electronic magazines frequently featured the ICE cheat code for invulnerability. Cracked cassette versions by groups such as Klav and Smok were also common.