About Arkanoid
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,
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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 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. At round 33, the final stage, the player will take on the game's boss, "DOH", a head resembling moai. Once a player reaches round 33, he must defeat DOH w
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About Arkanoid
Arkanoid is a game developed by Taito. Released in 1986, Arkanoid falls under the Arcade genre. It holds an overall rating of 81/100 based on 111 ratings.
The game is available on Arcade.. Game modes include Single player, Multiplayer.
The game explores themes of Action, Science fiction and is played from a Bird view / Isometric perspective.. Players who enjoy Arkanoid might also like the 8 similar games listed above.