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Krakout
Sign in to saveKrakout is a Breakout clone that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Thomson computers and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced Breakout variants to emerge in the wake of Arkanoid, its key distinctions are that gameplay is horizontal in layout, and that it allows the player to select the acceleration characteristics of the bat before playing. It was written by Andy Green and Rob Toone and published by Gremlin Graphics. The music was composed by Ben Daglish.
Game details · IGDB
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 …
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Arcade
- Platforms
- BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, PC (Microsoft Windows), Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
- Publisher
- Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- puzzle video game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Gremlin Interactive
- Developer
- Gremlin Interactive
- Platform
- Commodore 64
- Game mode
- single-player video game
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- publication date
- 1987-01-01
- input device
- computer keyboard
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Krakout is a Breakout clone that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Thomson computers and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced Breakout variants to emerge in the wake of Arkanoid, its key distinctions are that gameplay is horizontal in layout, and that it allows the player to select the acceleration characteristics of the bat before playing. It was written by Andy Green and Rob Toone and published by Gremlin Graphics. The music was composed by Ben Daglish.
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