Arkanoid
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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.
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- Developer
- Taito
- Publisher
- Taito · Romstar
- Release · Arcade
- Worldwide — Apr 26, 1986
- Worldwide — Aug 1986
- Worldwide — Nov 1986
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