Sneakers is a fixed shooter video game for the Apple II written by Mark Turmell and published by Sirius Software in 1981.
[1] The player uses either the paddles or the keyboard to move a ship left or right across the bottom of the screen while shooting or evading enemies.
After completing all eight waves, play proceeds to the next level in which the same enemies attack again, but in greater numbers or more challenging ways.
Sneakers are blue when flying freely, but turn red when sitting on the ground or traveling vertically.
These enemies were named for the H Wing of Delta College where creator Mark Turmell attended computer classes.
Sneakers was Mark Turmell's first game, begun shortly after teaching himself 6502 assembly language on an Apple II.
"[2] Within two months after its July 1981 release Sirius had sold 10,000 copies, and by October Sneakers was ninth on the Softalk Top Thirty list.
[6] Sneakers received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "Most Humorous Home Arcade Game" at the 4th annual Arkie Awards.