Game Information

Original Release Date: December 01, 1986

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Family Computer, Mac, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum

Involved Companies: Discovery Software International, Taito, Imagine Software, Tandy

Genres: Arcade

Summary: 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, and a variety of level layouts. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.