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Krakout

First release
1987
Genres
Arcade · Action

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 spit out the core back at you!

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Release dates
Amstrad CPC
1987
ZX Spectrum
1987
MSX
1987
All 6 release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1987
BBC Microcomputer System
1987
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 28, 2023
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
breakout/arkanoid clone, block-breaking

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026