| Genre: | Arcade Game: Action |
| Series: | Number 25 in Arcade Collection (Spectrum) |
| Publisher: | The Hit Squad |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +2, Spectrum +3 |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amiga 500, Amstrad CPC464, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128, Nintendo & Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+3 |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 8th May 1991 |
| Original Release Price: | £2.99 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Mike Lamb, Ronnie Fowles, Mark R. Jones & Gari Biasillo |
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Arcade Collection (Spectrum)
Computer & Video Games
1st May 1988
This isn't a new high in originality, but it's good fun and offers some entertaining extras. Read Review
Crash
1st April 1988
Just another run of the mill bat 'n' ball game. There are so many similar games on the market that nobody really takes any notice of them any more. Read Review
Crash
1st June 1991
The best Break Out game ever. No Spectrum software collection is complete without it. Read Review
Sinclair User
17th January 1988
A great game. Fun, very easy to get into and frustratingly addictive. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st June 1991
Arkanoid 2 really is rather addictive - you keep on playing it if only to see all the screens, of which there are approximately loads. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st April 1988
An immensely impressive and chronically addictive sequel that takes the Arkanoid format into previously uncharted areas of excellence. A classic. Read Review
Full Instructions
Akranoid: Revenge Of Doh
The huge alien spacecraft, Zarg, has entered our universe. It is known to contain the dimension controlling force Doh, a being believed to have been destroyed forty thousand years ago in the Arkanoid Spacewars. Doh has metamorphisised into an even greater adversary and now threatens the very universe.
Only your skill and split-second timing can now save us! Deploy the new Vaus II spacecraft and may fortune follow you.
Status And Scoring
On-screen scoring displays score, hi-score, number of lives remaining and the level attained. Points awarded are between 60 and 140 for destroying a brick depending on the colour. Hitting aliens scores 100 points and collecting a capsule gives you 1,000 points. An extra life is awarded at 50,000 points and collecting a "P" capsule.
How To Play
You control the Vaus craft, which can be moved from left to right. Using your skills, you must deflect an energy bolt which will gradually break down the wall confronting you. Certain coloured bricks must be hit more than once and others are completely indestructible. Alien life forms descend at random to hinder you but are eliminated on contact with either the Vaus, or the energy bolt.
Special Powers
You are aided in your attempts, with energy capsules which are hidden beneath certain bricks. These capsules are released upon the destruction of the brick. Each capsule has a different power, denoted by letter painted on its side. These powers are as follows:
B ... Breaks through the side wall, giving the Vaus an alternative escape route to the next level.
C ... Enables you to catch the bolt, move to the desired position and then fire.
D ... Disrupts the bolt into five separate components, thereby giving you five times the effect.
E ... Expands Vaus, giving you more chance to deflect the energy bolt.
G ... Gives the Vaus a ghost, which trails along behind the Vaus but cannot deflect the energy bolt.
L ... Arms your Vaus with a laser, allowing it to shoot through the bricks and aliens.
M ... Breaks the bolt into three separate components, which regenerate when each one is lost.
P ... Awards you an extra life.
R ... Reduces your Vaus, making it harder to deflect the energy bolt.
S ... Slows down the speed of the energy bolt, making it easier to deflect.
T ... This causes a twin of the Vaus to appear. These craft are identical and give you twice the effect.
Special Capsule ... This bestows a random special power on the Vaus.
Game Controls
V - Left, B - Right, ENTER - Fire
The game can also be controlled with a Sinclair joystick in Port 2.
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128K users use Loader.
Note: The Spectrum 48K is on one side of the tape and the Spectrum 128K version is on the other side of the tape.
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