Arkanoid
Port of Arkanoid for Amiga. Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It expanded upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s by adding power-ups, different types of bricks, and a variety of level…
Arkanoid is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1987 on Amiga.
What Arkanoid is
Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1987. It was published by Discovery Software International. It is available on Amiga only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Port of Arkanoid for Amiga. Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It expanded upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s by adding power-ups, different types of bricks, and a variety of level layouts. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Arkanoid launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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