Description of Oxyd
The Oxyd series is a fun shareware puzzle/action hybrid that plays like a cross between Marble Madness, Macintosh classic Crystal Quest, and Chip's Challenge.
The game even boasts a plot: overnight, the (digital) life-supporting Oxyds have closed up and no longer emit vital oxygen. As a result, the digital world is threatened by suffocation and only you (as a black marble) can save it. Your mission is to find all the Oxyds in a given landscape and to open them again. Each two of these Oxyds carry the same pattern or color, and they must be touched in sequence in order to remain open. It's not as simple as it sounds, of course-- your task is made much more complicated by the fact that the Oxyds are scattered over a wide area, and they are not easily accessible.
Part of the fun in Oxyd is the fact that many of the objects you will encounter in this world have completely unknown effects, and they interact with each other in a complex fashion. It's fun to discover these relationships and what each object's raison d'etre is, and there seems to be an endless variety of new terrains and obstacles throughout the hundreds of levels.
With a good balance between manual dexterity and wit, Oxyd Magnum will keep puzzle fans happy for hours, although the large number of obstacles and special objects mean that the game lacks the elegant simplicity of Chip's Challenge.
Review By HOTUD
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How to play Oxyd
For Oxyd v3.9 patched (full version), codes are blank, press any key when prompted.
Comments and reviews
level 65 2023-12-13 0 point DOS version
i need help with landscape 65 (code is 84066006). i remember moving all possible blocks to the side years ago and it wasn't the solution and gave up on it.
mrpenguinb 2023-09-12 1 point DOS version
With the patched 3.9 version, just press any key to break code blocks present in the level(s).
Yakkers 2020-08-10 3 points DOS version
Posting from Simon's download for convenience, here's the crack:
00040083: 77 - 90
00040084: 02 - 90
000400D0: 74 - 90
000400D1: 55 - 90
000400E7: 75 - 90
000400E8: 78 - 90
00040127: 74 - 90
00040128: 38 - 90
0004016A: 74 - 90
0004016B: 58 - 90
00040184: 75 - 90
00040185: 78 - 90
000401C4: 74 - 90
000401C5: 38 - 90
00040207: 74 - 90
00040208: 51 - 90
00040221: 75 - 90
00040222: 37 - 90
Do this to OXYD.exe in a hex editor (I used xvi32) and then the password blocks can just be cleared by pressing enter. Enjoy!
Nebutante 2019-01-18 0 point DOS version
I went to play the game but it asked for the last number of the game played. I do not have a number. What should I do to get it started? LOVED THIS GAME IN THE 90'S!!!!!!!!!!!
Simon The Sorcerer 2018-12-20 1 point DOS version
Have fun! It was very hard to find and to patch! Merry Christmas! :-)
Burn or mount and install!
https://workupload.com/file/6w6eaQgw
foundit 2015-06-30 0 point DOS version
http://www.grenier-du-mac.net/listes/liste_bizarroides.html
Radical 2014-11-23 1 point DOS version
I used to have the cracked exe files for all 4 oxyd games... Oxyd, Oxyd Magnum, Oxyd Extra, Per Oxyd. I lost them all -_- no code book was necessary. They're floating around out there in cyberspace... Yes, all 4 games were cracked, that's a fact because I completed them all and got the certificate that it presents to you at the end. You have to look real hard for them, I just hope they weren't destroyed when the old abandonware sites were taken down.
If anyone has all 4 cracks, please upload them to skydrive or google drive and share the link here in the comments.
oztruckdriver 2014-06-10 0 point DOS version
Okay I've finally found the game again. I loved this game when it first came out and at that stage even had the code book to get past the last free level.
Do you have the book containing the password codes and where can I purchase a copy from please
indstr 2014-02-11 -1 point DOS version
This game was awesome..... Very cool ball rolling puzzler which you controlled with the mouse. There's a remake/port for Android which is pretty good too
Bothag 2014-01-19 -3 points DOS version
I remember this was dongleware. So you needed a Book with the Donglecodes in it to play longer maybe there is a pdf somewhere on the net.
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DOS Version
Mac Version
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
- Developer: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
Amiga ROM
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
- Developer: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
Atari ST ROM
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
- Developer: Dongleware Verlags GmbH
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