Apeiron (Video Game)

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Apeiron
Apeiron icon.png
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]

Reception

Apeiron
Review score
PublicationScore
Macworld4/5 stars[8]

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. "Game Review: Apeiron". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227123414/http://www.sff.net/people/lucy-snyder/brain/2006/02/game-review-apeiron.html. 
  2. "All Game, No Wrapping: Ambrosia Software". http://www.preferredconsumer.com/gaming/articles/ambrosia_software.html. 
  3. Haley, John (March 1995). "Software Showcase: Apeiron". The Ambrosia Times 2 (2). https://archive.org/details/AmbrosiaTimesMacintoshEZine. 
  4. "Review: Apeiron X". http://www.macnn.com/reviews/apeiron-x.html. 
  5. "Ambrosia's Apeiron game goes OS X". http://www.macworld.com/article/1041046/apeironx.html. 
  6. "Ambrosia Updates Apeiron For OS X". http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=10514. 
  7. "Apeiron X for Mac". https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16611/apeiron-x/. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Cohen, Peter (April 2005). "Apeiron's return". Macworld: 47. 
  9. Breen, Christopher (September 1999). "Chasing Cheap Thrills". Macworld: 65. https://www.macworld.com/article/159327/gamesgameroom-9.html. 
  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 (4): 38–45. 

External links

  • Apeiron homepage
  • Apeiron X homepage



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