Arkanoid

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Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito. The Sinclair Spectrum version was developed by Mike Lamb, Ronnie Fowles and Mark R. Jones and published by Imagine Software in 1987.

The game did not review well in Crash magazine, and caused somewhat of a backlash among readers who felt it should have been given a far higher score. One of the things Crash objected to was the poor collision detection, something vital for a Bat and Brick game. One reader suggested not hitting the ball with the edge of the bat, as it tended to go through it, not really a perfect solution!

The game itself, has the player destroying blocks of bricks with a ball, some bricks release power ups such as lasers, that can shoot upwards at the wall, and a triple ball block, where three balls release and bounce round the screen, two can be lost.

Platform :	ZX Spectrum
Format :	Cassette
Publisher :	Imagine Software
Authors :	Mike Lamb, Ronnie Fowles and Mark R. Jones
Date :	1987
Product Code :	5013156110795

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Item	Manufacturer	Platform	Format	Date
Green Beret	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	Cassette	Unknown
Mega Vault	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore VIC 20	Cassette	1981
Wacky Waiters	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore VIC 20	Cassette	1981
Frantic	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore VIC 20	Cassette	1981
Arcadia	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore VIC 20	Cassette	1981
Alchemist	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1983
Zip Zap	Imagine Software Limited	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1983
B.C. Bill	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	Cassette	1984
Pedro	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	Cassette	1984
Cosmic Cruiser	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC	Cassette	1984
Hyper Sports	Imagine Software Limited	Amstrad CPC464	Cassette	1984
Hyper Sports	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore 64	Cassette	1984
Hyper Sports	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	5.25" Disk	1985
Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Hit Squad)	The Hit Squad/Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1985
Mikie	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1985
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Imagine Software	Amstrad CPC464	3.0 Disk	1985
Green Beret	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1986
Konami's Coin Op Hits	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1986
MagMax (Review Copy)	Imagine Software	Amstrad CPC464	Cassette	1986
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Imagine Software Limited, Konami	Commodore 64	Cassette	1986
Super Soccer	Imagine Software Limited	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1986
Konami's Coin-Op Hits	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	Cassette	1987
Freddy Hardest	Dinamic Software/ Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1987
Game Over	Imagine Software	Amstrad CPC464	Cassette	1987
Basket Master	Imagine Software	Commodore 64	Cassette	1987
Arkanoid (Disk)	Imagine Software Limited	Amstrad CPC464	Cassette	1987
Arkanoid	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1987
Arkanoid	Imagine Software Ltd.	BBC Micro	Cassette	1987
Vindicators	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore 64	Cassette	1988
Game Over & Game Over II (Disk)	Imagine Software	Amstrad CPC464	3" Floppy Disk	1988
WEC Le Mans 24	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore 64	5.25Inch Disk	1988
Target Renegade	Imagine Software	Commodore 64	Cassette	1988
Comic Bakery	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore 64	Cassette	1988
Taito Coin-Op Hits	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1988
Salamander	Imagine Software	Commodore 64	Cassette	1988
WEC Le Mans (+3)	Imagine Software	ZX Spectrum	3.0 Disk	1988
Bad Dudes Vs. Dragonninja	Imagine Software	Atari ST	3.5" Floppy Disk	1989
Your Sinclair Smash Tape 13	Imagine Software, Players Software	Sinclair ZX Spectrum	Cassette	1989
Navy Moves	Imagine Software Limited	Commodore 64	Cassette	1991