Oxyd

Oxyd

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'''''Oxyd''''' is a 1990 [[puzzle video game]] developed for the [[Atari ST]] and ported to the [[Amiga]], [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[NeXT]] by Dongleware Verlags GmbH. It is a game of puzzles and tests to restart all the oxygen generators (called Oxyds) on the player's home planet. The Oxyds must be restarted by opening them in pairs of matching patterns, and (in colour versions) matching colours.
'''''Oxyd''''' is a 1990 [[puzzle video game]] developed for the [[Atari ST]] and ported to the [[Amiga]], [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[NeXT]] by Dongleware Verlags GmbH. It is a game of puzzles and tests to restart all the oxygen generators (called Oxyds) on the player's home planet. The Oxyds must be restarted by opening them in pairs of matching patterns, and (in colour versions) matching colours.


The Atari ST version was developed with the Megamax [[Modula-2]] programming language.{{Cite web |title=ST-Magazin :03/1991 Oxyd: Ideenklau bei Klassikern |url=https://www.stcarchiv.de/stm1991/03/oxyd |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.stcarchiv.de}}
The Atari ST version was developed with the Megamax [[Modula-2]] [[programming language]].{{Cite web |title=ST-Magazin :03/1991 Oxyd: Ideenklau bei Klassikern |url=https://www.stcarchiv.de/stm1991/03/oxyd |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.stcarchiv.de}}


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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== Planned remake and re-releases ==
== Planned remake and re-releases ==
In summer 2019, Dongleware announced a completely new ''Oxyd'' release{{Cite web |title=Dongleware Verlags GmbH |url=https://www.dongleware.com/index.php |website=www.dongleware.com}} and a port of the classic version to the [[Nintendo Switch]] console.{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2019 |title=El clásico Oxyd resucita a finales de año en Nintendo Switch |url=https://www.nintenderos.com/2019/08/el-clasico-oxyd-resucita-a-finales-de-ano-en-nintendo-switch/ |website=Nintenderos - Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite y 3DS}} Around 2020, the Oxydgames twitter account was suspended. In March 2021, the Steam store page for the game was removed.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-14 |title=Oxyd on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086170 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114174019/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086170 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=}}{{Cite web |date=8 March 2021 |title=Oxyd - SteamDB - History |url=https://steamdb.info/app/1086170/history/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |website=SteamDB}} In 2024, both the German and English website went down, with only the YouTube channel remaining.{{Cite web |title=Oxyd Games - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hzUVdY5yCheofCEdGQuYg/videos |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=www.youtube.com}} The current status of the re-releases is unknown.
In summer 2019, Dongleware announced a completely new ''Oxyd'' release{{Cite web |title=Dongleware Verlags GmbH |url=https://www.dongleware.com/index.php |website=www.dongleware.com}} and a port of the classic version to the [[Nintendo Switch]] console.{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2019 |title=El clásico Oxyd resucita a finales de año en Nintendo Switch |url=https://www.nintenderos.com/2019/08/el-clasico-oxyd-resucita-a-finales-de-ano-en-nintendo-switch/ |website=Nintenderos - Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite y 3DS}} Around 2020, the Oxydgames [[twitter]] account was suspended. In March 2021, the Steam store page for the game was removed.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-14 |title=Oxyd on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086170 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114174019/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086170 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=}}{{Cite web |date=8 March 2021 |title=Oxyd - SteamDB - History |url=https://steamdb.info/app/1086170/history/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |website=SteamDB}} In 2024, both the German and English website went down, with only the [[YouTube]] channel remaining.{{Cite web |title=Oxyd Games - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hzUVdY5yCheofCEdGQuYg/videos |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=www.youtube.com}} The current status of the re-releases is unknown.


==References==
==References==