Oids

Oids is a video game released in 1987 by FTL Games. The game was originally released on the Atari ST, followed by a conversion for the Apple Macintosh. A version for the Commodore Amiga was eventually released in 2014, due to reverse engineering the ST version. The Atari ST version, created entirely by Dan Hewitt, was a cult favorite in the UK, where it received rave reviews.

Oids
Oids cover art by David Darrow
Developer(s)FTL
Publisher(s)FTL
Designer(s)Dan Hewitt
Platform(s)Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga
Release1987 & 2014
Genre(s)Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s)One player

The game follows in the footsteps of classics such as Asteroids, Gravitar and Thrust, with its inertia-based movement, controls, and 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 this sense, it is similar to the Apple II game Choplifter.

The game included a level editor, allowing players to create additional content for the game.

Reception

Compute! praised the game's graphics and sound, calling it "a winner".[1] Antic said that the Atari ST version "is skillfully crafted and detailed. It deserves to be on the wanted list of any arcade game fan".[2] The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #137 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.[3]

gollark: Fine, I'll just use DEEP LEARNING™.
gollark: It's not wrong, just inefficient.
gollark: What?
gollark: It doesn't require simulating the opponent in any relevant way.
gollark: Doesn't matter.

References
  1. Plotkin, David (June 1988). "Play a Game". Compute!. p. 45. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. Manor, John (July 1988). "ST Games Gallery: Hunt For Red October, Arctic Fox, Oids, Police Quest, Space Quest II, Slaygon, Beyond Zork". Antic. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  3. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (September 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (137): 88–93.
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