Krakout
Favorite Released: 1987-12-31
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), ZX Spectrum
Game Modes: Single player
Developer: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
Themes: Action
Player Perspective: Side view
Publisher: Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd., Pixel Games UK
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!