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Oids
Sign in to saveOids 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.
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Rescue the OIDS from the Fiendish Biocretes who are turning them into vending machines and household appliances! Fuel your ship, charge your shields, and blast off to adventure as you challenge planetoid after planetoid of devious gravity traps, treacherous teleport puzzles, and wave after wave of Hell Jets, Heat-Seekers, and Burst Orbs! Create your own games with the OIDS construction set. Design your own planetoids and puzzles in minutes with simple cut-and-paste operations. It's easy! Make new games for yourself or trade 'em with your friends. Oids is a gravity/inertia shooter that…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Mac
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- FTL Games
- Publisher
- FTL Games
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- publication date
- 1987-01-01
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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.