Arkanoid Returns, the Video Game by Taito Corp. [Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Arkanoid Returns © 1997 Taito.

The 3rd chapter in Taito's legendary 1 or 2-player bat and ball game, in which players once again control a paddle and must try to rebound a ball into patterns of bricks to remove them from the play area.

Each level is patrolled by enemies and certain bricks, when hit, release power-ups which then roll down the screen and can be collected by the player.

While the 3rd chapter contains 50 brand new levels for players to fight through, the actual gameplay itself remains unaltered from the first 2 games. The only real differences are a revamp of both the graphics and sound, as well as a number of minor enhancements to the in-game power-ups.

Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : E36

Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

Released in February 1997.

Zachary Hample holds the official record for this game with 1,589,770 points on June 5, 2000.

1. Arkanoid (1986)
2. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (1987)
3. Arkanoid - DOH It Again (1997, Nintendo Super NES)
4. Arkanoid Returns (1997)

Planners : Atsushi Taniguchi, Yuji Koga
Programmed by : I.T.L.
Program support : Shunsuke Ono
Character designers : Chiho Maeda, Mari Fukusaki, Tomohiro Kagawa
Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (YACK), Ishikawa Babio (BABI)
Designer : Kumi Mizobe

Consoles :

Sony PlayStation (1997)

Game's rom.