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ARKANOID



PUBLISHER

Imagine



AUTHOR



YEAR

1986

 

CATEGORY

Breakout



DESCRIPTION

Arkanoid is Breakout (Thro' the Wall) with power-up's.



CONTROLS

Keyboard, Kempston



 KEYS : Left        -  Z to V

        Right       -  B to M, SPACE

        Fire        -  A to L



INSTRUCTION

Just like the original Break Out - use your bat and ball to

destroy successive walls of multi-coloured bricks.  Not all of

the bricks vanish on contact - some need several hits, and others

drop a spinning power-up capsule giving features such as an

expanded bat, slower ball, laser, extra life and so on.



Aliens also pose a problem - although harmless, they get in the

way of the ball and cause it to fly off in unexpected directions.



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

Arkanoid was followed up with Arkanoid 2.



SCORES RECEIVED

Crash: "Surprisingly addictive considering its ancient gameplay."

59% (CRASH #39, April 1987)















































