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ARKANOID
  • Price
    $4.99
  • CategoryGames
  • Versions2 archived
  • Installable2 of 2
  • AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
  • SellerTAITO Corporation

RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 1, 2015
     
74 Ratings

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IGN Wireless: Winner of the Editors' Choice Award! 4.5/5 Mice - MacWorld

"TAITO's iconic block-destroying arcade classic ARKANOID, now available for the iPhone and iPod touch!

Use the intuitive slide controls-ideally suited to the iPhone-to guide your VAUS spaceship from side to side, deflecting the energy ball and destroying the space wall, brick-by-brick! Broken bricks release a wide variety of power-up items, each adding a unique spin to game play.

The game system changes as the story progresses, revealing new VAUS craft, new gimmicks, and new stages!

Features: * Impressive volume: over 100 stages! * Branching level progression: blaze your own trail! * A mysterious story that reveals its secrets as play progresses! * Clever additions guaranteed to make long-time ARKANOID fans grin! * ARKANOID's legendary boss battles! Strange enemies await your challenge! * The MyBGM system allows you to customize the sound, assigning your favorite songs as background music! * Packed with many more attractive features!

This edition also includes a Versus Mode, allowing two players to compete against each other using a single iPhone/iPod touch! This mode combines the standard ARKANOID rules with the new Smash factor, resulting in intense, pulse-pounding battles!

ARKANOID: a deep and satisfying game experience for one or two players!"

----------------------------------------- Ver.1.2.1 Upgrade Details: A bug related to the Recommended Apps feature and iOS4 devices has been fixed. -----------------------------------------

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Nov 2015
To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
1.0
Requires iOS 3.0+
Non-Retina
September 7, 2009
40.3 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
ARKANOID_1.0_ios_3.0.ipa · 40.3 MB Install Download
1.2.0
Requires iOS 3.0+
Non-Retina
July 22, 2010
41.9 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
ARKANOID.ipa · 41.8 MB Install Download

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 5 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
April 11, 2010 1.1.0 — 158 $4.99
March 3, 2012 — — 371 $4.99
October 26, 2013 — — 400 $4.99

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
still the best
     
by lars b amble · December 24, 2014

i don't even care that this hasn't been updated to newer iPhone screens cause it's still ten times better than every other block breaking game in the app store and a steal for the price. the options and various paths one can take to complete the game plus extra unlockables give this more replay value than you can shake a stick at. classic arkanoid brilliance flawlessly executed and updated. play it. love it.

Weak.
     
by Fritsapple · September 24, 2016

The app keeps freezing and quitting out. Every time I open it to continue my game it puts me back on the second level. Save your money.

How'd you blow this?
     
by Quoindesign.com · April 16, 2016

The old game was great. It doesn't need to be changed. Us game geezers are just looking for the game we played at the pizza joint when we we kids. But you change the graphics, change the game play, and somehow manage to also make it crazy unstable and fail to save the game? Well I guess that part's like the old arcade, but isn't game saving software engineering 101? I don't get how you blew this. Shame on me for paying $5. Don't worry, I won't make the same mistake with Taito's other games.

Faithful modernization, needs updating
     
by onedillionmollars · January 1, 2017

For the price I can't really complain, but the app currently crashes about half the time when I open it. It's only a minor annoyance though; once I've started a game everything else seems to work fine. If you've ever liked Arkanoid you'll probably like this. It adds a few features introduced in later games in the series, but otherwise looks and plays the most like the arcade classic. Be wary, however, as Apple warns that the app is too outdated to run at full speed on iOS 10.2. Probably won't be long before it stops working entirely unless it gets updated.

Awesome
     
by erginbostanci · September 26, 2014

When I was 8 I was playing this game and it was one of my best game of all times. I am now 35 and I just downloaded it today and playing for nostalgia. And the game play is cool not easy like other Apple Store apps for stupids( I mean not like super easy). So that's the way it should be. But the fact is the levels are not the same with the one I played. I am so unhappy about it. The one that I played was all the way to 33rd level and you were able to choosing a side to go to after each level. So I am going to request please do the same thing or add as an option like one player two player and original. Please do it even it increase the size of the game. Just like the old times. Thank you very much for giving me the chance to play it once more. You guys are awesome.

Update to 64 bit
     
by N328KF · September 19, 2017

This classic needs to be updated to 64 bit

Exactly like the original
     
by Mtndewher126200 · July 26, 2015

This game is exactly like the original nintendo version made 25 years ago the levels are in original order graphics are good gameplay is is is easy i am glad i purchased this app

Pretty good port
     
by Argylepig · January 18, 2014

But I'd like to be able to listen to other apps while playing

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.

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