| Console: | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| TV Standard: | Region Not Set |
| Developer(s): | Mark R. Jones, Mike Lamb, Ronnie Fowles |
| Publisher(s): | Imagine Software |
| Release Date: | 1987-01-01 |
| Players: | 1 |
| Co-op: | No |
| Type: | Action |
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.
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 disappear. When all the bricks are gone, the player goes to the next level, where another pattern of bricks appears. There are a number of variations (bricks that have to be hit multiple times, flying enemy ships, etc.) and power-up capsules to enhance the Vaus (expand the Vaus, multiply the number of balls, equip a laser cannon, break directly to the next level, etc.), but the gameplay remains the same.
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