User Summary Thunderbirds was a licensed puzzle/maze game released in the UK by Firebird, for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 computers. It was programmed by John F. Cain and Kevin A. Moughtin The player controlled the two primary craft from the show.. Thunderbirds 1 and 2 and had to navigate a series of rooms in a giant pyramid to rescue to some trapped egyptologists. Each room was a either a puzzle created with blocks that only a certain craft could move, or a 'twitch' room where you had to get across by avoiding some moving object.