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Knockout is another version of that industry standard Breakout, where you try to break out of a number of walls, using a bat and ball. It sounds quite simple, but you need to be quick with your actions or you'll never go far enough to get through all the walls to hear the magic sound telling you that you've broken out.

This version of the breakout type game uses Teletext graphics. The colour is really effective. There are six walls and you need to get through all of them to succeed. The best way to reach a high score is when the ball goes behind the blocks. It bounces forwards and backwards increasing your score before it finally comes back.

You use the left and right arrows to move the bat round to catch the ball and send it back. There is a choice of two bat sizes and the speed of the ball can be altered from 1 to 9. To produce a new ball, just press the space bar after you have been wiped out.

If you don't press return at the end of a game, Knockout goes into its demo mode. Knockout is good value for a basic micro game.