Apeiron (video game)

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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
ReleaseFebruary 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] [8] [9]

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Reception

Writing in the 1996 edition of The Macintosh Bible, Bart Farkas called Apeiron a "classic" and "the best Centipede clone on the market". [10] 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. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Snyder, Lucy (February 17, 2006). "Game Review: Apeiron". SFF Net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27.
  2. ↑ Berohn, Jonathan (June 30, 2004). "All Game, No Wrapping: Ambrosia Software". Preferred Consumer. Archived from the original on 2004-08-23.
  3. ↑ Haley, John (March 1995). "Software Showcase: Apeiron". The Ambrosia Times. Vol. 2, no. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  4. ↑ Hoffman, Ilene (June 23, 2006). "Review: Apeiron X". MacNN. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Peter (November 29, 2004). "Ambrosia's Apeiron game goes OS X". Macworld . Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  6. ↑ Deniz, Tuncer (November 29, 2004). "Ambrosia Updates Apeiron For OS X". Inside Mac Games . Archived from the original on 2004-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Apeiron X for Mac". MacUpdate . Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  8. 1 2 Cohen, Peter (April 2005). "Apeiron's return". The Game Room. Macworld . p. 47.
  9. ↑ Breen, Christopher (September 1999). "Chasing Cheap Thrills". The Game Room. Macworld . p. 65.
  10. ↑ Farkas, Bart (1996). Judson, Jeremy (ed.). The Macintosh Bible (6th ed.). Peachpit Press. p. 619. ISBN   0-201-88636-7.
  11. ↑ Tafel, Kathy (December 1996). "The Soft Stuff". MacAddict . Vol. 1, no. 4 #4. pp. 38–45.
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