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games: Arkanoid DS

August 12 2008 | WilHarris

Simple as it was, I loved this game as a kid and found it incredibly addictive with its systematic yet skillful gameplay.

So how does it fare in this recent DS version?

The core game is still the same and some neat features like the branching level system have been added, but there are also some serious downsides, like playing across two screens.

Take a look and see what you think. And don’t forget to leave us some feedback - I’m sure I’m not the only one with opinions on updating old classics!

-K.

comments

Norbit

August 12th, 2008 - 11:52am

I never really thought much of Arkanoid the first time around.

On the subject of Taito I recently picked up the Taito Legends CDROM for the PC which has a load of their games on it including Space Invaders, Rainbow Islands and Bubble Bobble. The #1 reason I got it though was ‘The New Zealand Story’ which was one of my all time favourite arcade games.

I was going to say I wish they would do an updated and improved version of that but I have just noticed they have with ‘New Zealand Story Revolution’ so I might now have a reason to get a DS

Have you played ‘New Zealand Story Revolution’ by any chance Katharine?

Docproc

August 12th, 2008 - 2:14pm

I subscribe via iTunes, and the video quality of today’s episode was noticeably poorer than usual; grainy, blurred with several artefacts. It was also significantly darker than usual, making it hard to see what was going on in the game.

I still enjoy this, and the other CF shows though. Keep it up!

Glenn.

Schmung

August 12th, 2008 - 3:17pm

It seems like a strange call to try implementing Arkanoid on what amounts to a vertically oriented screen when it was originally (if memory serves) on a 4:3 ratio screen with bars at the top or bottom. Actually, the DS as a platform seems a weird choice because you can’t use both the screens without that gameplay affecting split while it transitions.

Oh well, off to find a freebie flash version I ’spose.