It was written by Tom Luhrs for the Apple II and published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980.

Pressing any other key warps the ship to a random location—a.k.a.

Forrest Johnson reviewed Apple-Oids in The Space Gamer No.

[2] Johnson commented that "I have never figured out why anyone would send a perfectly good ship to shoot at asteroids, but if that's your scene, you will enjoy this game".

[2] In a Creative Computing review alongside The Asteroid Field and Asteron, the authors concluded: "For those who like Asteroids, any of these three games is a good choice".