Can you survive the challenge?

The award winning arcade original voted "one of the best home video games ever" by Electronic Game Player Magazine is ready and waiting for you to play on your home computer.

The non-stop space action thrusts you into a do-or-die battle for survival and thrills you through 33 screens of challenge and excitement.

Arkanoid game features include arcade quality graphics, full range sound effects and 33 action screens.

Taito is the world's largest manufacturer and operator of arcade games. We practically started the video game revolution with our classic hit, Space Invaders (tm). Since 1953 Taito has created more than 1,000 other great action games for arcade and home play.

Now Taito brings that same excitement and pioneering spirit into your home with such games as Arkanoid (tm), Bubble Bobble (tm), Renegade (tm), Alcon (tm), Rastan (tm), Sky Shark (tm), Operation Wolf (tm), Gladiator (tm) and more to come on software formats for your Commodore, Amiga, Atari, IBM and Apple computers.

Taito games are more than just fun. We bring you games that test your nerve and challenge your strategy - games that make you laugh and put you at the edge of your seat. Taito brings you adventures that take you to places you've never been before - to brave new worlds of imagination and fantasy. After all, isn't that what great video games are all about?

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Backside of game box

IT'S A REAL BLOCK-BUSTER!

Their earth-like planet was devastated by a brutal attack of aliens. The survivors roam the galaxy on their photon spaceship Arkanoid in search of a new home. The Arkanoid is attacked and the survivors barely escape in the Vaus spacecraft. Instead of finding safety, they are now trapped in a deadly space labyrinth.

GAME PLAY: Your mission is to destroy the space walls with the energy ball by strategic movement of your Vaus spacecraft which you control with the special high-speed controller included with the game. There are 33 rounds in this game, and you can choose to start in any one of the first 16. Some walls contain power capsules that will increase your powers, advance you to the next round, or give you an extra Vaus. But watch out for the debris from the destroyed planet that floats around in space to drive you crazy. In the final round, a huge enemy fortress will loom before you. This is the ultimate challenge!

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The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (1987)

ARKANOID

This is a magnificent conversion, faithfully capturing the feel, atmosphere, look and sound of the Taito original. (Zzap)
PCW HALL OF FAME/YOUR SINCLAIR - MEGA GAME SINCLAIR USER - CLASSIC.

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Back of Box (The Magnificent Seven) - C64 (UK)

COIN-OP ACTION

"A magnificent conversion! Arkanoid has that indefinable something. . .simply gorgeous"
ZZAP.
YOUR SINCLAIR
MEGA GAME

BRILLIANT FUN

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Back of Cassette Case (The Hit Squad) - MSX/Spectrum (UK)

ARKANOID™

WILL PUSH YOU TO THE LIMIT...AND BEYOND!

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Amiga™ TV version shown

The #1 Coin-Op Game has come home, offering the breathtaking animation, digitized sound, and dazzling game play you've been seeking!

Aliens have destroyed your planet setting you and the humans aboard the galactic cruiser ARKANOID adrift and searching for a new home. You are the only hope. Climbing into your vaus, you realize you must act quickly. You have some weapons but against the certain danger that lurks ahead, sheer nerve is your greatest strength.
Hurtling through icy space, who can help but wonder, "What's out there???'"

• MULTIPLE LEVELS of mesmerizing brick formations, testing your reflexes and ability to make split-second decisions.

• WHIRLING KONERDS, PYRADOKS, TRI-SPHERES AND OPOPOS that you must dodge and destroy. or be destroyed!

• SPECIAL CAPSULES that can aid in your quest. When caught, one capsule will make your vaus expand. Another will equip you with a laser, enabling you to smash through alien obstacles. More capsules exist, but you must choose carefully...the decision, and the fate of the crew, are in YOUR hands!

• OTHER FEATURES: Arcade High-Score Table, Variable Skill levels. and more!

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Back of Box - Amiga (US)

El mayor éxito del momento. Un juego que no va de naves, ni de luchas, ni de guerras, sólo de habilidad y reflejos. Arkanoid es el juego en el que la rapidez es tu reto. Y, además, puedes ganar una fabulosa máquina de vídeo-juegos.

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Back of Cassette Case (Erbe) - C64 (SP)