Arkanoid (ARC)
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Arkanoid is an action ball-bouncing game built on the theme originally designed by Atari's Breakout. You control a paddle (a spaceship named "Vaus") at the bottom of the screen and must bounce a ball toward a wall of "bricks" at the top of the screen. Each hit breaks a brick, and when they're all broken, you move to the next stage. However, if you miss the ball with your paddle, you lose a life.
Taito innovated several new features to the Breakout theme which would later become staples of the genre including invincible gold bricks, monsters that roam around the screen, and capsules that grant power-ups like making your paddle bigger, breaking the ball into multiple balls, the ability to catch the ball, and so on.
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Music
The bulk of Hisayoshi Ogura songs for Arkanoid are just short jingles, but he did compose a proper song for those few skilled players who are able to beat the game and see the ending.
Recording
Credits
- Ripper: Sonic of 8!
- Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
- Game Credits:
- Sound Composer: Hisayoshi Ogura credited as H.Ogura
- Sound Effects: Tadashi Kimijima credited as T.Kimijima
(Source: ROM data. Game lacks credits)
Game Rip
The VGM rips were logged using MAME and recorded with VGM Input v0.40 in Winamp. A true program rip does not yet exist. The Player Extend track has not been ripped and was recorded during game play.
Audio Devices
OutRun uses a YM2149 clocked at 1.5 MHz for music and sound effects.
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/arcade/arkanoid - Moby Games.
- gamefaqs.com/arcade/584096-arkanoid - GameFAQs.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkanoid - Wikipedia.