It was however eclipsed by the release of FTL's next game.Īs with SunDog, the packaging cover art was designed and illustrated by David R. Later, after FTL ceased operations, an updated authorized shareware version of Oids for the Macintosh was developed and released by Kirk Baker. However the original Atari ST release received rave reviews in the UK, where it remains a cult favourite.
It received little attention with a later conversion to the Apple Macintosh, but received 5 Stars on Macworld 1990. The original Atari ST version was created by Dan Hewitt who did both the graphics and all of the programming. Oids, an arcade game, was one of FTL's minor releases. Īll of FTL's subsequent games contain at least one subtle reference to Sundog. The packaging cover art was designed and illustrated by David R. SunDog became the best selling game on the Atari ST during the system's first year, and garnered lavish critical acclaim. Doug Bell, Andy Jaros and Michael Newton significantly enhanced the game's graphics when porting the game to the Atari ST, releasing it in late 1985. Webster did most of the programming for the Apple II version, but resigned from FTL after the release of version 2.0. It was released first for the Apple II in March 1984. Holder and Webster co-designed FTL's first game, SunDog: Frozen Legacy, a space trading game. Most went on to become best sellers and some even set new standards for games of their genres. FTL released several games throughout its relatively short history.
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