Identify a shooter game with mushrooms, snakes and lobsters?

Question

I played a game in the mid 90s that was on the Apple Mac (Power PC I think), which involved shooting a snake like creature that came down from the top of the screen.

The game had a static background, with your ship at the bottom. You could move it from side to side, and up and down as well I think. There were loads of mushrooms all over the screen which disappeared when shot, and powerups drop from them occasionally.

Lobster or crab things would appear near the bottom left or right of the screen, and move across, destroying mushrooms and trying to kill you.

Any ideas?

Answer

Sounds to me like you're describing a Centipede clone, which in this case might be Apeiron, released in 1995 for the Mac. Apparently it's still available for purchase, but the only images I can find are for the sequel, Apeiron X.

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