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Introducing BREAKANOID! 2020 UPDATE after the Zeropage review: Here is the HotFix version with the screen rolling fixed and all the levels: BRKANOID_HotFix.bin This Arkanoid style sequel turns up the action with a magnetic paddle to bring a new level of fast paced fun to the Pong genre! The ball still follows the laws of physics, but you can put English on it; throw a curve ball or whip it around the corner or over a ledge - it's like having an elastic leash on the ball! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csaXq8S7LB8 Here is a clip of BREAKANOID playing on a real 2600! The sound and gameplay are captured well enough to see the difference from the emulator but the animation and phosphor trails can't be filmed properly off of the CRT television - at 15 seconds the action gets so fast the camera is unable to track the ball and drops frames instead of showing the fluid animation. Try the BREAKANOID Playable Demo: The demo includes the first three levels from the game, download it to play BREAKANOID anywhere - in an emulator on your phone, your PC or on a real Atari 2600 via a Harmony cart! How to Order BREAKANOID: PM me, or post that you are interested on this thread and I will PM you with payment instructions. The BREAKANOID release package costs $20 and includes the following items: 1. The full version of BREAKANOID with all 15 levels unlocked! 2. The alternate levels version of BREAKANOID! The alternate levels version features three winning level designs from the AtariAge community (thank you tremoloman!) and several levels designed by the BREAKANOID beta testers. 3. The BREAKANOID Construction Kit: The BREAKANOID Construction kit runs on the windows platform and outputs a new BREAKANOID binary - it lets you edit the level designs right inside the BREAKANOID ROM image to construct entirely new and unique BREAKANOID games! In addition to letting you design your own levels for BREAKANOID you can edit BREAKANOID's huge 160 entry colour table; BREAKANOID is a colourful game and can display up to 35 colours on screen at once and stores different colour themes in it's colour table. Pixel artists will be able to create pleasing fades, mosaic and rainbow patterns with the BREAKANOID Construction Kit to go along with their artistic level designs. 4. Rights to put BREAKANOID on one cart: . . . but which BREAKANOID? I've been asked about offering BREAKANOID on cart directly but AtariAge currently performs this service for $25 and this gives Atari fans a lot more flexability to choose which BREAKANOIDto put on cart - you can decide to put the Alternate Levels version on cart or select one of your own custom versions that you've built with the construction kit - pixel artists may create special one-off carts that become collector items! 5. Instructions and cart Labels: BREAKANOID comes with instructions that can be used as a colourful cart label (great reference to have right on the cart), a control sheet and instructions for the BREAKANOID Construction Kit. *** --- Introduction and older stuff: About BREAKANOID! BREAKANOID is a fast paced arcade style action packed fun game for the Atari 2600 that I've been wanting to play since the 80's, but this type of game only appeared on other systems. During the 80's I wrote video games under my own label and for many software houses. I loved playing the games as well as writing them and was a big fan of the 2600 because on it's good games, the action was unrivaled - the games were fast, colourful and had great arcade sound effects. Arkanoid was one of my favourite games of the 80's and I would have loved to have played it on the 2600; other developers have told me the 2600 simply wasn't powerful enough but it seems to me that the 2600's unique hardware makes it the ultimate king of pong for building this kind of game This sequel changes the rules adding tilt like in pinball, bringing a new level of fast paced action to the genre. The ball still follows the laws of physics, but you can put English on it provided your paddle has room to move; this is great for throwing a curve ball up into the upper reaches of the board to hit those last stubborn bricks or to whip the ball around a corner or over an edge into a structure where it can get stuck bouncing around so you can have fun watching it break out! It's like having an elastic leash on the ball. In BREAKANOID you have 4 lives but you are in control of the ending; after you lose your last life you can either start a new game or keep playing through as long as you like Preorder BREAKANOID now: BREAKANOID is $20 and will start shipping on January 8th. If you preorder I will send you the full binary right away so you can start playing now! The release package will also contain these goodies: 1. The BREAKANOID binary, full version with 15 levels. 1. Rights to have BREAKANOID put on one cart. 2. A level editor to create new BREAKANOID levels! 3. A second BREAKANOID binary containing an alternate set of levels created here on the AtariAge forums; I am holding a design contest - please see the homebrew discussion forum thread for details! Try the BREAKANOID Playable Demo: The playable demo is a fully functional preview containing the first three levels of the game, I hope everyone enjoys the action as much as my beta testers did! This game was tremendous fun to build and I'm looking forward to everyones feedback! Updates: Saturday December 17, 2011: Added the option to continue up to 3 times (via the select switch) after the game ends or start a new game. Monday December 19, 2011: Added the following enhancements and requested changes: 1. Made the magnetic paddle optional - you can toggle it on and off during play (colour/b&w switch). 2. Losing a life now freezes the game briefly so that a new ball cannot immediately be launched. 3. Screen roll shake and shimmer should be vastly improved on the real hardware! 4. The super speed power up is now reduced to medium speed when you lose a life (staying in speedball mode was too hard). Thursday December 22, 2011: adding the following enhancements: 1. Added special yellow power-up's for extra life (rare). 2. Added BREAKANOID instructions: Brkanoid_Demo.bin
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BREAKANOID may be one of the few (perhaps the only?) new VCS releases that has an Official Atari game Manual - I would like to share it with Atari fans and discuss! Having an Official Atari game Manual is really cool and I'm curious if there are any other homebrews or new releases, perhaps on one of the Flashback consoles that have one? Here is the Official Atari game Manual used by Nolan Bushnell and The Champions of Pong : BREAKANOID_Official_Atari_Manual.pdf In addition to instructions, it covers the Atari Pong INDIE Developer Challenge and BREAKANOID testing guidelines for team Atari as well as setup instructions for installing a 2600 virtual machine on windows (Stella!) which is the platform where Nolan and The Champions of Pong played BREAKANOID. BREAKANOID was the only entry in Atari's massive Pong Party to use a virtual machine for the Atari VCS Hardware. Nolan enjoyed it immensely and is sending me an engraved commemorative plaque for my office signed by him and The Champions of Pong, I will post a pic when I receive it; this is awesome - I think every programmer wants one of these!!! For anyone interested, the VGC has a BREAKANOID review and all four games in the series are available here for $20 and come with a Level Editor for Windows that allows you to design new BREAKANOID games, and the rights to put one version on cart.
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BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams EXTREME PONG WARNING: this game is rated pong champions only! This exclusive version of BREAKANOID features black and white, sepia and monochrome colour themes against some of the toughest pong scenes you will ever play; don't think you'll need the magnetic paddle? Think again BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams is available for free to anyone who's purchased BREAKANOID, just post your interest on this thread or pm me and I will send you the binaries ASAP! (There are two versions of this game which are identical except that one starts on level 5, so you have a better chance of seeing all the screens ) Play it everywhere: Play BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams everywhere! Play it on your phone, your pc, your wii, your PSP, your XBOX or on any hardware you can run Stella on! Play it on a real Atari 2600: For ROM collectors it's possible to get BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams on cart (see order thread for details), but the Harmony cart is the easiest way to enjoy all the versions of BREAKANOID for nonstop fun! SuperCharger all your retro parties: Invite the champions of pong to your next retro party and turn up the action with BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams!!!
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BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams EXTREME PONG WARNING: this game is rated pong champions only! This exclusive version of BREAKANOID features black and white, sepia and monochrome colour themes against some of the toughest pong scenes you will ever play; don't think you'll need the magnetic paddle? Think again BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams is available for free to anyone who's purchased BREAKANOID, just post your interest on this thread or pm me and I will send you the binaries ASAP! (There are two versions of this game which are identical except that one starts on level 5, so you have a better chance of seeing all the screens ) Play it everywhere: Play BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams everywhere! Play it on your phone, your pc, your wii, your PSP, your XBOX or on any hardware you can run Stella on! Play it on a real Atari 2600: For ROM collectors it's possible to get BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams on cart (see order thread for details), but the Harmony cart is the easiest way to enjoy all the versions of BREAKANOID for nonstop fun! SuperCharger all your retro parties: Invite the champions of pong to your next retro party and turn up the action with BREAKANOID pong tribute - monochrome dreams!!!
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