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.
