Seattle, Washington — November 30, 2024 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is pleased to announce the immediate release of Droid Raid – a new, exhilarating arcade-style Apple II game developed by Raphael Rezende. It offers a captivating experience that puts players’ skills and endurance to the ultimate test. With fast-paced gameplay, endless levels, and challenging mechanics, Droid Raid promises to deliver a challenging and unforgettable gaming experience as you maneuver through the grid, battling the endless levels of aliens.
Availability
To accompany the game, A.P.P.L.E. has published a Droid Raid manual available through the A.P.P.L.E. store with the digital package, produced in high-quality color in PDF Format. The full package is available for purchase in our A.P.P.L.E. store in digital format complete with Apple II emulator ready 5.25 inch floppy disk image, full color disk label image for those who want to create a physical disk as well as the game manual for Droid Raid in PDF format.
Features
- The objective is simple: survive as long as possible while managing your Robot’s arrow supply levels. Maneuver your way through the Grid, combating the invading alien enemies that relentlessly target your robot, attempting to destroy it. Your goal is to outmaneuver your adversaries, avoiding the guardian aliens and emerge victorious. Make sure to replenish your arrow supply by picking up the arrow piles along the way so you don’t run out!
- Endless Levels: once you have eliminated all of the aliens on a particular level, you move on to the next level with more aliens. Higher levels have faster aliens – try to survive!
- Levels continue – without end! Progress through each level to test your skills and endurance against the aliens in the Grid.
- Programmed entirely in assembly language for an Apple II computer with 48K.
- Manual is about 20 pages.
Get your copy of the Droid Raid package today from the A.P.P.L.E. Online Store at:
https://www.callapple.org/product/droid-raid/
Author
Raphael Oliveira de Rezende – a programmer who recently began programming the Apple II in assembly language. Droid Raid is a full-fledged Apple II arcade-style games. Having authored a number of games for the Apple II in BASIC over the past several years as part of the Facebook “Apple II Software Enthusiasts Group” challenges, this is the first game he produced that is purely in assembly language and harkens back to games of the 1980s. Raphael is Brazilian, a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and works as a state public servant and a software developer (Delphi/RAD Studio) for retail companies. An Apple II computer lover, he bought his first Apple II in 1985. Now, a childhood dream is coming true, which is to program using assembly language – especially for game development. He has two Apple II computers, a IIe and IIc.
Producers
Brian Wiser — A producer of books, films, games, and events, as well as an Apple consultant, historian and archivist. Designer, editor, and co-producer of dozens of books including: Nibble Viewpoints: Business Insights From The Computing Revolution, Cyber Jack: The Adventures of Robert Clardy and Synergistic Software, Synergistic Software: The Early Games, Graphically Speaking: Enhanced Edition, What’s Where in the Apple: Enhanced Edition, and The WOZPAK Special Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple-1 & Apple II Computers. Brian is also the author of The Etch-a-Sketch and Other Fun Programs. Producer/Director of the documentary film “Done The Impossible: The Fans’ Tale of Firefly & Serenity“, his Browncoat Cruise convention with Firefly cast, and an extra in the movie “Serenity.” Co-producer of Beagle Bros and Applied Engineering websites, the retro iOS game Structris, and co-producer/writer for CallAPPLE.org and Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine.
Bill Martens — Apple historian and enthusiast, programmer, President of Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and co-producer of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine, and books like: Cyber Jack, Synergistic Software: The Early Games, Nibble Viewpoints, The WOZPAK Special Edition, and What’s Where in the Apple: Enhanced Edition. Bill also co-produced and co-programmed the retro iOS game Structris. Bill is the author of ApPilot/W1, Beyond Quest, The Anatomy of an EAMON, and multiple EAMon adventure games. He is a systems engineer specializing in office infrastructures and has been programming since 1976. And he is the production editor for the A.P.P.L.E. website CallAPPLE.org, writes science fiction novels in his spare time, and is a retired semi-pro football player.
Publisher
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has been a global Apple user group since 1978, with membership peaking near 50,000 in 1985. Offering many services, A.P.P.L.E. is also a book publisher and game developer, and has produced dozens of new book titles since 2013 and over 100 Apple software titles. A.P.P.L.E. published the The WOZPAK Special Edition – a detailed book containing Steve Wozniak’s restored handwritten notes and printouts about his Apple II computer, as well as forewords from Steve Wozniak and other Apple legends. They also publish books such as: Graphically Speaking: Enhanced Edition by Mark Pelczarski, Tome of Copy Protection, Cyber Jack: The Adventures of Robert Clardy and Synergistic Software, Synergistic Software: The Early Games, Nibble Viewpoints: Business Insights From the Computing Revolution by Mike Harvey, What’s Where in The Apple: Enhanced Edition, The Colossal Computer Cartoon Book: Enhanced Edition by David H. Ahl, A.P.P.L.E. 1978 and 1979 magazine Compendiums, and the retro iOS game Structris.
Press information is available at: www.callapple.org/press. Our thanks to the folks who beta tested Star Fury including Forrest Lowe, Jamie Booth, Simon Booth, Colin Leroy-Mira, Jim Maricondo, and Dennis Kovacich
Other games by Raphael include Dodgems, Star Fury, and Lunar Mission (Release 4/2025). Get them all and collect the entire collection.
Books are listed at: www.callapple.org/books
