Made in under 12 hours with crude ASCII graphics.  Echo Thrust is a simple Thrust clone with a bit of a twist.  The aim is simple collect the hearts.  When a heart is collected a version of your past self is created (an echo) and these must be avoided.  Lose 100% of your shield and it's game over

Controls:

Titlescreen:

Shift - Start Game

F1 - Clears the current Highscore to 0

In Game:

Shift - Thrust

Arrow Keys - Move

Escape - Quits to Titlescreen