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Video game · 1986

Arkanoid

Released 26 April 1986 on Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Mac and 11 more

Developer
Taito
Publisher
Romstar
Made in
Shinjuku, Japan
Genre
Arcade
Themes
Action, Science fiction
IGDB PLAYERS80112 ratings

About Arkanoid

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.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

Amiga26 April 1986
Amstrad CPC26 April 1986
Apple IIGS26 April 1986
arcade video game machine26 April 1986
Atari ST26 April 1986
Commodore 6426 April 1986
Mac26 April 1986
MS-DOS26 April 1986
MSX26 April 1986
ZX Spectrum26 April 1986
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)26 December 1986
Wii26 May 2009
iOSlater, date unknown
Nintendo DSlater, date unknown
Super Nintendo (SNES)later, date unknown
Xbox 360later, date unknown

Screenshots

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Videos

Arkanoid: Gameplay Video

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.