Arkanoid

a.k.a. アルカノイド

created and published by Taito in 1986-12-26, running on Nintendo Entertainment System
type: action/reflex
genre: Breakout-like
series: Arkanoid
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng jpn
3.9/5

Personal review

First released in the arcades, Arkanoid is a successfull reinterpretation of Atari's classic Breakout game. Arkanoid keeps the simplicity of Breakout and adds a few extras like lasers, expanded paddle, multi balls etc. As for NES Breakout-clones, Arkanoid is one of the better ones. I actually liked it a bit more than Konami's Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi due to its more classic and fairer level design. The NES Arkanoid came with a special paddle controller, which significantly enhances controls. Playing Arkanoid with the standard controller is possible but quite difficult.

# 2010-10-28 21:39:45

Official description

The era and time of this story is unknown. After the mothership Arkanoid was destroyed, a craft, "Vaus", scrambled away from it, only to be trapped in space warped by someone.

# 2017-09-28 17:28:39 - official description

Technical specs

display: raster

Editor note

NES-AR-USA
Came packaged with a paddle controller.

# 2006

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