![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn't even come close to the wealth of arcade games available on the Commodore 64 or my personal favorite, the Amiga. There are very few genuinely good breakout clones on the PC, most notably Arkanoid (and its sequel) and Krypton Egg. ![]() To be honest, the PC is horribly lacking in good arcade games. Even though I own a C=64 and a copy of Krakout, I still do play this game and enjoy it a lot. Nostalgia aside, DX-Ball is the best ball-and-paddle game I've seen on a >8bit computer, and well worth the price (as it's free). Then again, maybe I just dreamt it.) This would not be so bad if the game had robots, gigantic bold heads, queen bees or other such terrors on the screen to change the balls course on impact (as was the case with Krakout and Arkanoid, at least, though Krakout also had larger tiles and balls, which made collisions more likely), the gameplay would get less repetitive in these situations.Īlso, I cannot play a Breakout game without comparing it to the C=64 version of Krakout, and despite the use of DirectX technology and the clean presentation and smooth gameplay, this just doesn't come near Krakout's level of excellence. (Apparently, if you keep playing a level long enough, a bolt of lightning blasts away the remaining tiles. It is possible, by way of bonus tiles, to empty a screen in about two seconds from the word go, while on the other hand it may take you minutes to get rid of those last two tiles. It also has nice, simple graphics and crisp sound. "DX-Ball" is just easy enough to be relaxing instead of frustrating, and keeps getting harder at a suitable rate, so that you keep coming back for more. (Although I haven't played a Breakout-type game on the Atari, I imagine there must be one.) I'm probably one of the biggest "Krakout" fans on this plane of existence, and I really like this type of no-nonsense arcade game with straightforward gameplay and just enough fancy bits to keep you away from your Atari 2600. ![]()
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