Cycloids was written by Tom Cooper, and was released commercially by Software 42 in 1993. However, Imparo, who now own the rights to Cycloids and a handful of other games, have given permission for Cycloids to be rereleased as freeware. So, here it is - freeware Cycloids, compatible with all versions of RISC OS from 2 to Select!
Getting started
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Double-click !Cycloids. It's as simple as that.
You can also redefine the controls by running !CycKeys.
Default Controls
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Z and X - Move left and right
' - Jump
Return - Fire (once you've collected a weapon)
Escape - Quit to main menu/quit to desktop
Thanks to
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* Tom Cooper for writing the game
* Imparo for releasing the rights
* Richard Goodwin for discovering a copy of Cycloids in Freedom 2's offices
* Theo v/d Boogaert for the excellent ARM_Debug, without which cracking the copy protection would have been nearly impossible. Why not grab a copy from http://home.wanadoo.nl/tvdb/ ?
* The members of Acorn Arcade's Free Games section, for putting this release together. Why not visit http://www.acornarcade.com/features/freegames/ and grab some more golden oldies?