{{Short description|1980 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Apple-Oids | image = Apple Oids.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = California Pacific | publisher = California Pacific | programmer = Tom Luhrs<ref name="giantlist">{{cite web|last1=Hague|first1=James|title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers|url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/}}</ref> | series = | platforms = Apple II | released = {{Video game release|WW|1980}} | genre = Multidirectional shooter | modes = }}

'''''Apple-Oids''''' (also written as '''''Apple-oids''''') is a clone of Atari, Inc.'s ''Asteroids'' arcade video game. It was written by Tom Luhrs for the Apple II and published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980. The asteroids in ''Apple-oids'' are in the shape of apples.<ref name="SG"/>

==Gameplay== The ship is rotated with the paddle knob and propelled forward with the paddle button.<ref name=ahl/> Firing is done via the keyboard, with the asterisk key. Pressing any other key warps the ship to a random location—a.k.a. hyperspace.

==Reception== Forrest Johnson reviewed ''Apple-Oids'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 42.<ref name="SG">{{cite journal|last=Johnson |first=Forrest |date=August 1981 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=42|pages=36}}</ref> 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".<ref name="SG"/>

In a ''Creative Computing'' review alongside ''The Asteroid Field'' and ''Asteron'', the authors concluded: "For those who like ''Asteroids'', any of these three games is a good choice".<ref name=ahl/>

==References== <references>

<ref name="ahl">{{cite journal |last1=Ahl |first1=David |last2=Staples |first2=Betsy |title=Games for Clods |journal=Creative Computing Software Buyers Guide 1982 |date=1982 |page=80 |url=https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingSoftwareBuyersGuide1982/page/n83}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{moby game|id=/118061}}

Category:1980 video games Category:Apple II games Category:Apple II-only games Category:California Pacific Computer Company games Category:Multidirectional shooters Category:Video game clones Category:Video games developed in the United States