Rick Healey writes "In the 80's, one of the biggest games in arcades was named after something destroyed in the game's backstory. That game was Arkanoid – named after a ship transporting colonists to a new world, which was destroyed by a dimensional rift, which eventually captured the escape capsule, the Vaus. It was perhaps the final evolution of Breakout, the classic video game in which you bounced a ball off of a paddle to destroy bricks onscreen. It added enough plot to make it more than just an excuse to throw quarters in a machine, and it added all sorts of wrinkles to the gameplay – power-ups, enemies, and even a boss at the end (the dimensional entity DoH). But it's been a long time since the Vaus has ventured into the rift – not since Arkanoid: DoH It Again! for the Super Nintendo.
Except this time, DoH isn't anywhere to be found. In fact, the old space vessel Arkanoid doesn't exist either. Instead, the game takes place around the sun Arkanoid, and the planets that revolve around it. Apparently, some strange force has captured the other inhabitants of this solar system, and only one, name Ananke and resembling the Prince of All Cosmos, can save the others by boarding the Vaus (that's still around, at least) and breaking bricks until he can free his friends."
TGH writes
2009 wasn't just the year of big name releases; there was also a very obvious attempt to revive some of gaming's longest running franchises. While that's not necessarily a new idea, it seemed like in this past year developers actually attempted to keep the feeling of the original games instead of just taking the name of a franchise and slapping it on something completely new. Take a look at some of the classics that received some nostalgic love this year, and reminisce about the good old days as you cross your fingers that 2010 holds the same retro...
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doing my best Jonny.
btw - stop fcking about and do some new content on Snappy Gamer, man.
also - this site is terrifying. PEOWW gave Killzone 2 a seven and I had to bat away retards for days.
Holy crap I haven't heard the name Arkanoid since the 80s. Classic 80s gameplay, I encourage everyone who loves classic gaming to get this.
Arkanoids is legendary, I'm glad SE continue to make the classic Taito titles like this and Space Invaders. Simple and fun works a charm.
