Arkanoid

Name: Arkanoid
Brand: Romstar, Taito

1986· Romstar, Taito· Arcade

IGDB 110 ratings

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Arcade Action Science fiction Bird view / Isometric

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The player controls the "Vaus", a space vessel that acts as the game's "paddle" which prevents a ball from falling from the playing field, attempting to bounce it against a number of bricks. The ball striking a brick causes the brick to dis...

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.