Arkanoid - Amstrad CPC

Bought this game back then right when i hit the shops as it was another arcade game conversion. Sadly i quickly realised how this game is missing a vital thing that the arcade games have. Tough fast gameplay (best played using the key i recall) dosnt give you any space for errors at all. So where are the "continues" ? Worst is lvl 3 where you need to be extremely lucky and get a "tunnel to next stage" bonus or spend a good 40-ish lives. Why didnt someone ask their grandmother to playtest this game before it was released? Even she would have asked why lvl 3 is impossible. I recall only once getting past lvl 3 while using a cheat-poke. Some of the later lvls are also pretty hard so have like 100 continues wouldnt have been apropriate. Minor issues like the sometimes "slowdown/speedup" of the action can make you miss. Later lvls also has 1 or 2 places where the ball can get stuck. Ball dosnt exactly move like a ball would normally and you have little control in what direction/speed the ball will bounch to. All those are minor issues tho and it would have been a really classic conversion if it had had the "continues" im sure.

By Imagine 1987

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Retro
• Game
• Amstrad
• Cpc
• Commodore
• Spectrum

[ash81b4u]

An ok game on the cpc. The sequel was better and just as hard.

[CholoCPC]

Indeed the second one is much more fun and flexible with the lvls.

[ghjarzabek]

I got to the end once, I don't remember, maybe after 50-55 game ends, but there is no final movie, maybe just I got the bug then.

[dimegoat]

once I get through the damn level 10, until the 13...once