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Apple-Oids
Developer(s)California Pacific
Publisher(s)California Pacific
Programmer(s)Tom Luhrs[1]
Platform(s)Apple II
Release
  • WW: 1980

Apple-Oids (also written as Apple-oids) is a clone of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids arcade game written by Tom Luhrs for the Apple II and published by California Pacific in 1980. The asteroids in Apple-oids are in the shape of apples.[2]

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed Apple-Oids in The Space Gamer No. 42.[2] Johnson commented that "I have never figured out why anyone would send a perfectly good ship to shoot at asteroids, but if that's your scene, you will enjoy this game."[2]

References

  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ a b c Johnson, Forrest (August 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (42). Steve Jackson Games: 36.