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Oids
''Oids'' is a multidirectional shooter developed and self-published by FTL Games in 1987. The game was originally released on the Atari ST, followed by a B&W version for the classic 68k Macintosh in 1990. The Atari ST version, written by Dan Hewitt, was a cult favourite in the UK, where it received rave reviews. The game follows in the footsteps of shoot 'em ups such as ''Asteroids'' (1979), ''Gravitar'' (1982), Defender and ''Thrust'' (1986), with its "thrust-and-rotate" controls, inertia and gravity-based movement, 360 degree shooting and manually-operated shield. The main activity in the game is rescuing abused android slaves (the "Oids" of the title), and there is rather more emphasis on arcade action than the slower paced gameplay of ''Gravitar'' and ''Thrust''. In 2002, by Kirk Baker – one of the original authors of the Mac Classic version – released ''OIDS.X'' 2.0 for Mac OS X which supported PowerPC machines on macOS 7. It added glorious colour, and was an authoriz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oids Atari ST 1987
''Oids'' is a multidirectional shooter developed and self-published by FTL Games in 1987. The game was originally released on the Atari ST, followed by a B&W version for the classic 68k Macintosh in 1990. The Atari ST version, written by Dan Hewitt, was a cult favourite in the United Kingdom, UK, where it received rave reviews. The game follows in the footsteps of shoot 'em ups such as ''Asteroids (video game), Asteroids'' (1979), ''Gravitar'' (1982), Defender and ''Thrust (video game), Thrust'' (1986), with its "thrust-and-rotate" controls, inertia and gravity-based movement, 360 degree shooting and manually-operated shield. The main activity in the game is rescuing abused android slaves (the "Oids" of the title), and there is rather more emphasis on arcade action than the slower paced gameplay of ''Gravitar'' and ''Thrust''. In 2002, by Kirk Baker – one of the original authors of the Mac Classic version – released ''OIDS.X'' 2.0 for macOS, Mac OS X which supported PowerPC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |