jholt@adobe.COM (Joe Holt) (01/11/91)
Dan Hewitt, the author of OIDS, called me yesterday to inform me that OIDS shipped on January 9th. FTL is taking phone orders and it should appear on the shelves within a few weeks. OIDS is a fast arcade game which combines elements of Asteroids, Defender and Choplifter. A demo for OIDS has been available for some time now. The shipping version includes an updated demo which works on more machines. Speaking of which, Dan tells me that OIDS runs on every Macintosh, including 1 meg Mac Pluses and the new IIlc's and IIsi's. It works in both b&w and color and supports every video configuration possible (he says :-). What's really cool is that OIDS fills your entire screen with the playfield, even on a 19" color monitor! Included within the game is a nifty level editor which gives you the ability to create your own levels and modify existing ones. A while ago there was some talk at FTL of sponsoring a contest for the best level, the winner each month receiving some sum of money. Every few months they would make a collection of the winning entries available. I hope they still plan on doing this. FTL's number in San Diego is (619) 453-4711. /joe