Krakout

December 31, 1987

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

Developers:

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Publishers:

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Genres:

Arcade

Themes:

Action

Game Modes:

Single player

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows)

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