Arkanoid Returns
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Arkanoid Returns (a.k.a. Arkanoid 4) | |
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Screenshot of Arkanoid Returns |
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Developer(s) | Atsushi Taniguchi, Yuji Koga and team |
Publisher(s) | Taito |
Designer(s) | Kumi Mizobe |
Platform(s) | Arcade Game, Sony PlayStation |
Release date | 1997 (Arcade) 1997 (PlayStation) |
Genre(s) | Breakout |
Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
Input methods | 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons |
Cabinet | Horizontal |
Arcade system | Taito F3 System hardware |
CPU | 68EC020 |
Sound | Sound CPU : 68000 Sound Chips : ES5505 |
Display | Raster, 320 x 232 pixels, 8192 colors |
Arkanoid Returns (a.k.a. Arkanoid 4) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1997 as the last in the Arkanoid series.
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[edit] Description
The enemy known as 'DOH' still did not get the message and after many years of silence decides to attack once again. The 'Vaus' space vessel better be ready to face new, yet familiar challenges, in order to stop 'DOH' for the last time. Features 50 levels of revamped graphics and sound, the same gameplay as its predecessors, as well as plenty of power-ups to try out.
[edit] Trivia
- Zachary B Hample holds the official world record for this game with a maximum possible 2,000,000 points. [1]
[edit] Series
- 1. Arkanoid (1986)
- 2. Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (1987)
- 3. Arkanoid: Doh it Again (1997, Nintendo Super NES)
- 4. Arkanoid Returns (1997)