Krakout

Release date: Dec 31, 1987

Metacritic

Metacritic score: 90

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Arkanoid-style Breakout clone, which unlike most other similar games has the bat on the side of the screen (there is a left/right option) instead of at the bottom. There are a number of types of special bricks, but unlike e.g. Arkanoid, they do not fall towards the bat. Instead, when you hit a special brick, it flips to show a letter. E.g. E (Extend bat), C (Catch ball), M (Missile), B (Bomb, explodes when hit by ball, clearing a number of bricks) and X (Extra life). The enemies/obstacles are more varied than in Arkanoid. Some make the bat freeze, some actually chew and eat your ball and spit out the core back at you!

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Developer:

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Publishers:

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
Pixel Games UK

Platforms:

BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
ZX Spectrum
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Amstrad CPC
MSX

System requirements:

No system requirements data.

User Rating: (90% - Exceptional)

90%