Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Krakout

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!

• Arcade
• 1987

Released

31 December 1987

Developer

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Publisher

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Perspective

Side view

Platforms

BBC Microcomputer System · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Amstrad CPC · MSX

Genres

Arcade