Had a go, here. Don't think I ever played the original, back in the day. However, I once did have Oids, but some cream from the doctor sorted that out ;)
Oids is easily my favourite game on the Atari ST - I spent hundreds of hours playing this in my (misspent?) youth, and even created my own (rubbish) galaxies.
I'm loving the PC version and also really impressed that you have it running on so many systems.
Huge Oids fan, thrilled to see this. Especially excited at the thought of playing it on my Raspberry Pi, but no idea how to install the single file onto my Pi4 running Retropie/EmulationStation, or indeed if that's even possible. Any clues?
PS the Next version flummoxed me for a while until I realised you need to use the SHIFTED cursor keys to do anything.
Fantastic work, congrats! Oids is one of my all-time favourite games, so it's brilliant to see it looking and playing so well on modern platforms, and extra-special thanks for the Steam Deck-specific version!
I can't wait to try all the custom levels I made back when I was a teenager once you get that patched in, too!
Wow! I'm stunned that there is finally a new OIDS - with editor! :) Even for my Mac! Wonderful! :)
I'm a fan and a registered user since the first hour and was in contact now and then with Kirk Baker even when OIDS.X was released (unfortunately this latest version needs a PPC so it does not work anymore). Because of poor sales he never considered an update for modern systems.
It would be nice if you could add selectable resolutions for the game window for a lager screen area! It's better to play if you have more visible space - his was a big improvement on the Mac version back then. Not just enlarged graphics, OIDS 2.0.1 even provided slightly higher resolution game graphics.
And can you add saving the set window size?
Is it possible to load the galaxies from the Mac version? I have a large collection of galaxies if you like.
Did you check out OIDS.X? Graphics and animations were improved. The people to rescue even called out (woohoo!) when the ship was nearby. The resources are in the game folder (manual/images).
I won't be including the graphical enhancements from Oids 2 and Oids.X because they won't port cleanly to the ZX Next, but I have been looking at the extra maps from them.
Watch this space.
Oh, and that's a good idea about remembering window size. I'll add that into a future release.
Thank you for remembering the window size! 😀 Unfortunately it does not remember size when starting again on my Mac. A resolution select for a larger viewing area would really be nice on modern systems… 😎
I think the editor would benefit a lot from mouse support.
What do you say about adding the call outs of the oids when the ship is near?
The shooting sound has a high pitch that is a bit hurting the ears. The sound of the Mac version was a bit more pleasing.
The Spectrum Next isn‘t able to display the slightly more detailed objects and the added background tiles?
Somehow it would be cool if you could do a Mega65 version, too. Have that machine, just wonderful…
I'll double-check the window size storage, and I'll look at adding mouse support.
I'll have a think about adding some of the extra non-ST features, but I really want to keep it ST-authentic as that's the version I'm most familiar with.
And no, the ZX Next has limited resolution so I wouldn't be able to use the higher res graphics in any case.
And no chance of a Mega65 version - I don't know that any programming for that machine at all. However, I'll probably be releasing the source code at some point, so hopefully someone can do that.
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Had a go, here. Don't think I ever played the original, back in the day. However, I once did have Oids, but some cream from the doctor sorted that out ;)
Nice.
Glad your Oids cleared up! I find that the ointment works wonders!
This is fantastic, thank you so much!
Oids is easily my favourite game on the Atari ST - I spent hundreds of hours playing this in my (misspent?) youth, and even created my own (rubbish) galaxies.
I'm loving the PC version and also really impressed that you have it running on so many systems.
Huge Oids fan, thrilled to see this. Especially excited at the thought of playing it on my Raspberry Pi, but no idea how to install the single file onto my Pi4 running Retropie/EmulationStation, or indeed if that's even possible. Any clues?
PS the Next version flummoxed me for a while until I realised you need to use the SHIFTED cursor keys to do anything.
Are you playing the Next version in an emulator or on hardware?
And the linux version is just an executable, so as long as you can copy it onto the disk and tell the front-end where it is, it should run.
Excellent! One of my favorite games on the Atari ST. Thank you!
Fantastic work, congrats! Oids is one of my all-time favourite games, so it's brilliant to see it looking and playing so well on modern platforms, and extra-special thanks for the Steam Deck-specific version!
I can't wait to try all the custom levels I made back when I was a teenager once you get that patched in, too!
Huge thanks for your hard work on this!
Have downloaded oids 9.8 for ZX Next but still says 9.7 when I load it up?
Sorry about that. I probably forgot to bump the version number. I'll be uploading a new version in the next few days in any case.
I can’t stop playing it! It’s so maddeningly addictive! Great work.
Wow! I'm stunned that there is finally a new OIDS - with editor! :) Even for my Mac! Wonderful! :)
I'm a fan and a registered user since the first hour and was in contact now and then with Kirk Baker even when OIDS.X was released (unfortunately this latest version needs a PPC so it does not work anymore). Because of poor sales he never considered an update for modern systems.
It would be nice if you could add selectable resolutions for the game window for a lager screen area! It's better to play if you have more visible space - his was a big improvement on the Mac version back then. Not just enlarged graphics, OIDS 2.0.1 even provided slightly higher resolution game graphics.
And can you add saving the set window size?
Is it possible to load the galaxies from the Mac version? I have a large collection of galaxies if you like.
Did you check out OIDS.X? Graphics and animations were improved. The people to rescue even called out (woohoo!) when the ship was nearby. The resources are in the game folder (manual/images).
https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193128/http://www.xavagus.com/
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/27110-oids-x
as there is no video of OIDS.X on YouTube I recorded a short game I played on my old iBook…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6593Dv0F4NE
I won't be including the graphical enhancements from Oids 2 and Oids.X because they won't port cleanly to the ZX Next, but I have been looking at the extra maps from them.
Watch this space.
Oh, and that's a good idea about remembering window size. I'll add that into a future release.
Thank you for remembering the window size! 😀 Unfortunately it does not remember size when starting again on my Mac. A resolution select for a larger viewing area would really be nice on modern systems… 😎
I think the editor would benefit a lot from mouse support.
What do you say about adding the call outs of the oids when the ship is near?
The shooting sound has a high pitch that is a bit hurting the ears. The sound of the Mac version was a bit more pleasing.
The Spectrum Next isn‘t able to display the slightly more detailed objects and the added background tiles?
Somehow it would be cool if you could do a Mega65 version, too. Have that machine, just wonderful…
I'll double-check the window size storage, and I'll look at adding mouse support.
I'll have a think about adding some of the extra non-ST features, but I really want to keep it ST-authentic as that's the version I'm most familiar with.
And no, the ZX Next has limited resolution so I wouldn't be able to use the higher res graphics in any case.
And no chance of a Mega65 version - I don't know that any programming for that machine at all. However, I'll probably be releasing the source code at some point, so hopefully someone can do that.
many thanx, very much appreciated!
Enhancement are always nice, that was the reason for OIDS.X back then - I’m still sad that Kirk never ported the code to the modern machines…
I always thought that the Next supports higher resolutions like the Mega65…
It does have a hi-res mode, but it wouldn't be suitable for Oids.
Featured! :) https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/08/oids-pc-brilliant-thrust-like-game.html
Yay!
noice
Excellent!
Very nice game!
Nice video. I see there are some sound issues. Were you running on an emulator? CSpect?
Yes, Cspect.
Ok. I use the MAME emulator for development and testing.