Apeiron (1995)
Genres:Arcade
Themes:Action, Comedy
Game modes:Single player
Story:An action-packed arcade game based on the classic shoot-em-up, Centipede, but with engaging, colorful animations and fun, wacky sounds. It was released exclusively for the Mac operating system by the indie developer, Ambrosia Software.
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Another Ambrosia classic. It's your old-school centipede game with power-ups and gets pretty darn challenging. Good fun chasing high scores!
Ambrosia is no longer around, so there's no real way to obtain registration for this one.
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