Genre: | Arcade Game: Action |
Publisher: | Kixx |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | Amstrad CPC464, BBC Model B, Commodore 64/128, Spectrum 48K/128K/+2 & ZX Vega |
Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
Original Release Date: | 28th October 1984 |
Original Release Price: | Unknown |
Market Valuation: | £8.53 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
Author(s): | John Mackay & Andy / !FOZ! of TYB (The Yorkshire Boys demo group) |
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A great programming job by John Mackay. The graphics on both normal and high speed play are excellent with some very nice touches - sparkling bricks and that great shield. Read Review
After loading, you will be presented with the main title screen. From here, player selection is carried out. Selections available are as follows:
1 - One Player. Slow speed play.
2 - Two Player. Slow speed play.
3 - One Player. High speed play.
4 - Two Player. High speed play.
When the game screen appears, you will find it in left-hand mode. To change to right-hand mode hold down 1, 2, 3 or 4 and the SHIFT key at the same time.
As you play the game you will notice that when certain bricks are hit, they will be replaced with another one containing a letter. These are bonus bricks. The bonuses are as follows:
G - Glue. The ball sticks to the bat.
S - Shield. Makes a barrier appear behind you.
D - Decelerate. Slows down ball no. 1
X - Extra man. Gives you an extra life (Maximum of 9)
E - Expand. Makes your bat expand.
C - ?. Splits the ball into two.
J - Jump. Hold down Fire while hitting this brick and you will jump a level.
Left Handed Player: A - Up, Z - Down, RETURN - Fire And Speed Up
Right Handed Player: : - Up, / - Down, TAB - Fire And Speed Up
ESCAPE - Quit Game, f0/f1 - Pause Off/On, Right Arrow - Quit Game
CHAIN"" (RETURN)
The following utilities are also available to allow you to edit the supplied screens of this game:
A cheat for this game was included on the Cheat It Again Joe 3 compilation, released by Impact (Refer to the specific instructions on that compilation and match the cheat to the specific version. Note that emulated versions of the game may not work with this cheat).
A digital version of this item can be downloaded right here at Everygamegoing (All our downloads are in .zip format).
Download | What It Contains |
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A digital version of Krakout suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
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