Arkanoid
| Arkanoid | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio | Taito |
| Publisher | Taito |
| Senior Developer | Akira Fujita |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1986 |
| genre | Breakout |
| Game mode | Up to 2 players, alternating rounds |
| control | Rotation control; 1 button |
| casing | default |
| Arcade system | CPU : Z80 6 MHz, M68705 500 kHz |
| monitor |
Grid 224 × 256 (vertical) Color palette: 512 |
| information | In the KLOV Top 100 it is one of the best 3 games from 1986 |
Arkanoid is a computer game company Taito from 1986. The game is a breakout - clone , the first as arcade machine has been released. The player has to let a ball bounce back with a paddle in order to knock colored stones out of a block. You mustn't miss the ball, otherwise you'll lose. There are numerous improvements over Breakout, including power-ups , enemy spaceships, and laser cannons. In addition, the width of the racket and the number of balls can change. The game has 32 levels and a completion level. It sparked a new boom for breakout clones.
The implementation was carried out by the company Imagine, among others for C64 and Amiga from Commodore , MSX , Atari 800XL , Atari ST , Schneider / Amstrad CPC , TRS-80 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum . The music was written by Martin Galway . The 1988 version of IBM was designed by David Seeholzer for PC ( DOS ).
Taito also developed other Arkanoid games himself:
- Arkanoid 2: Revenge of Doh (1988)
- Arkanoid: Doh It Again (1997, SNES )
- Arkanoid Returns (1997, Arcade )
New editions
- Arkanoid DS, Nintendo DS (2008)
- Arkanoid Live !, Xbox Live Arcade (2009)
- Arkanoid Plus !, WiiWare (2009, Xbox version conversion)
- Arkanoid, iPhone / iPad / iPod (2009, conversion of the Nintendo DS version)
Clones
- Arthur Noid for C16 / C116 / Commodore Plus / 4
- Aquanoid for PC
- LBreakout2 for Windows ( Freeware )
- Arukanoido for VC-20
Web links
- Arkanoid in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- The "Arkanoid" series at MobyGames (English)
- Link catalog about Arkanoid at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )