Before they made the classic Dungeon Master, FTL (or Software Heaven as they are sometimes known) made the classic Oids – a challenging 16-bit gravity game shooter on the Atari ST.

Again: Oids is one of those games that doesn’t look like much at first glance. At least not until you see it moving.

The fast/smooth scrolling of the landscape, and excellent feel of the craft inertia makes Oids something of jewel in the crown of the gravity game genre.

More: Oids on Wikipedia

Oids Atari ST title screen. Software Heaven later became FTL.

Warping to Funzoid.

Crashing into a mountain. It happens a lot in Oids.

Steering the ship through the caverns is easier said than done.

Shoot stuff, and pick stuff up.

Another big explosion in my wake.

Oids: select a galaxy to defend.