Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional · 2017

Oids

Published by [no publisher] · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Hewitt, Dan
Graphic Artist(s): Hewitt, Dan
Game design: Hewitt, Dan
Musician(s): [n/a]
Sound FX: Hewitt, Dan
Year: 2017
Publisher: [no publisher]
Distributor: Putnik, Peter
Developer: [n/a]
Licensed from: -
Software: English
License: Hack
ST Type: ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB
Version: 1.2 [Enhanced]
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.9/10 · Votes: 182 · Downloads: 1,590 · Hits: 2,909

Additional Comments

Modded version of 25 frames a second animation on simpler planets instead of the original 10/12 frames a second.

Screenshots (16)

Article (1)

Trivia (2)

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 9 (7/1988)
Months on charts: 4 between 6/1988 - 9/1988

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (3)

Génération 4 · Mars / Avril, 1988 · Rating: 81 %

ST Action · May, 1988 · Rating: 68 %

ANALOG · June, 1988

Comments (8)

Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 6 Jul 2022
FTL may have ended up better known for their excellent Dungeon Master first-person RPG series, but their arcade action sci-fi rescue mission became something of a cult hit, particularly in Europe. Let's Play! https://youtu.be/XUhT_ldFMSk
Robert A Morgan Jr — 4 Mar 2022
The rating must be errors. this game is hell game! lot in mind and carefully. felt like working in SpaceX. ;o)
Steve — 5 Apr 2015
How is the score only 6.9 for this amazing Atari ST classic??? I'm shocked. It's one of the reasons I originally bought an ST. 10/10
Simon Sunnyboy / Paradize — 1 May 2012
A very challenging game. The player spends more time navigating around than shooting. It is also quite addictive but takes some patience to play. Recommended if you like games that are more than shoot-the-baddies.
MarkTheMorose — 9 Dec 2011
I bought a second-hand ST just to play this game.
Hillsy_ — 29 Oct 2011
FTL did some fine games for the old ST. Dungeon Master & Oids are two of my favourite. Both of them are classics!
Kris — 12 Sept 2009
Spent a hell of a lot of time on this one. Very challenging at times to navigate through the narrow tunnels - almost absurdly so. But you could always release steam by firing a smart bomb at a nice tree-filled park. You could go so far as to start a tortuous rampage of sorts with the hostages, but this game was still in the era where this kind of thing was harmless and actually quite fun in video games, rather than gruesome and shocking as it is today. Not surprising that it was an FTL project. In fact, I probably owe the existence of any remaining brain cells from 1989-1990 to the team at FTL that made this game as well as DM and Sundog. Thanks guys - it was quite a trio of releases.
Eric — 22 Feb 2009
Very simple but very good game as all FTL games.