Arkanoid | |
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Developer(s) | Taito FIL (Thomson) NovaLogic (IBM PC) |
Publisher(s) | Taito Romstar FIL (Thomson) |
Designer(s) | Akira Fujita |
Composer(s) | Hisayoshi Ogura Tadashi Kimijima Tsukasa Masuko(NES) |
Platform(s) | Arcade (original) Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, CoCo, C64, IBM PC, Macintosh, MSX, NES, Thomson MO5, Thomson TO7/70, ZX Spectrum |
Release | 1986 (Arcade) |
Genre(s) | Breakout |
Mode(s) | Single-player 2 player alternating |
Cabinet | Upright |
Arcade system | Taito Arkanoid[1] |
CPU | Z80 @ 6 MHz, M68705 @ 500 kHz[1] |
Sound | AY8910 @ 1.5 MHz[1] |
Display | Raster (vertical), 224×256 resolution, 60 Hzrefresh rate, 512 colors on screen, 4096 colorpalette[2] |
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Review scores | ||||||
Publication | Scores | |||||
AMI | C64 | CPC | Macintosh | ST | ZX | |
Computer & Video Games | 8/10[14] | 87%[15] | 84%[16] | |||
Dragon | [12] | |||||
Génération 4 | 92%[17] | |||||
The Games Machine[18] | 87% | 86% | 89% | 71% | ||
Awards | ||||||
Entity | Award | |||||
Gamest Awards | Silver Award[7] | |||||
Compute! | Games of the Year[13] | |||||
Computer Gaming World | Best Arcade Translation[11] |