| Apeiron | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Ambrosia Software |
| Publisher(s) | Ambrosia Software |
| Designer(s) | Andrew Welch [1] |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, Mac OS X |
| Release | February 11, 1995 November 29, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Apeiron is a Macintosh game developed and released as shareware by Ambrosia Software. An adaptation of the 1980 arcade game Centipede , [2] it was first released on February 11, 1995. [3] In November 2004, a Mac OS X port was made available. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Writing in the 1996 edition of The Macintosh Bible, Bart Farkas called Apeiron a "classic" and "the best Centipede clone on the market". [8] MacAddict named it one of the Macintosh's essential titles. The magazine's Kathy Tafel cited it as "a cool implementation" of the Centipede formula. [9]
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