Arkanoid
| Developer: Taito | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Discovery | Sound: |
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| Year: 1987 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Brick breaker | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 2 alternating | Rating: |
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After achieving great success in arcades, the most famous clone of Breakout (1976) makes its way to the Amiga.
By moving the paddle horizontally at the bottom of the screen, your goal is to bounce a ball to destroy each of the (destructible) bricks on the board. The ball speeds up as you break bricks, occasionally releasing a bonus that you need to catch with the paddle. The effect varies depending on the type of bonus, represented by a letter: paddle extension (“E”), ball slowdown (“S”), ball that sticks to the paddle (“C”), 3 balls (“D”), lasers (“L”), level skip (“B”), or extra life (“P”). To make things trickier, little critters drop from the top of the screen and mess with the ball’s trajectory.
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