Clone Wars (Breakout): vote

[PeteProdge]

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers, leave them kids alone

Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone..

...anyway, you have seven days to pick your favourite Breakout clone from this lot. It's Batty isn't it? (Stop being biased! - Ed)

1Kanoid by Paolo Ferraris


Aniquile by Mario Crespo/CIA


Another Brick On The Wall by Compiler Software


Another Brick On The Wall 2 by Compiler Software


Arcanoid by unknown


Arcanoid by Phantom Family Corp


Arkanoid by Imagine


Arkanoid by Radastan


Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh by Imagine


Arkanoid Back to Basic by IgnaCobo


Ball Breaker by CRL


Ballbreaker II by CRL


Baloon-Man by Andres Viedma Pelaez


Batty by Hit-Pak


Blooky by Alexandru Simion


Bopper's by Miguel Angel Gonzalez Alvarez


Break Out by Romik Software


Break-Out by ZX Computing (type-in listing)


Breakanoid by Douglas Bagnall


Breakout by Virgin Books (type-in listing)


Breakout by Cascade Games (Casette 50 compilation)


Breakout by Pi Software


Breakout by Richard Franci Altwasser (type-in listing)


Breakout by C-Tech


Breakthru! by Chezron Software


Brick Breaker by Dro-Soft


Brick, The by Delta Software


Bricker by Fortana Publishing (type-in listing)


Broke Out by CIR


Bun Fight by C J Howard (type-in listing)


Bunker by Moises Vilalta Pons


Bustout by Amstrad (type-in listing)


Circus by P Toland


Crack-Up by Atlantis Software


Crusher by Playgear Company


Defender by P Watson (type-in listing)


Demolition by Dorling Kindersley Software/Sinclair Research


Demolition by D Valentine (type-in listing)


Demolition by Chris Lemon (type-in listing)


Demolition by Jonathan Cauldwell


Drop A Brick by Sinclair Research


Dropout by Richard G Hurley (type-in listing)


Exploding Wall by Byte Back


F.I.F.O by Klub Fifo


Gigino & Gigetta by G Sferragatta


Hotshot by Addictive Games


Impact by Audiogenic Software


Jeri by Carl Fontesse (type-in listing)


Krack Through by Power Soft


Krakout by Gremlin


Ladrillazo by Eddie The Wild


Megaball by Digital Reality


Power Ball by Flash Inc


Pulsoids by Mastertronic


Ragnablock by Computer Emuzone


Rakattak by Gadtek Games


Ricochet by Firebird


Smash Out! by Pirate Software


Smashout!! by Digital Image


Snoball In Hell by Atlantis Software


Superball by Axis Software


Superwall by Gerhard Plietsch (type-in listing)


Swiftball by Sun Corp


Thro' The Wall by Sinclair Research


Titan by Titus


Tournament Arkanoid by Jarrod Bentley/Martyn Carroll


Traz by Gamebusters


Tumler by ZX Data


Wall by Vlak & Co


Wall 2 by Oleg Ziberov


Walls by Graham Pearce (type-in listing)


Wipe Out by KB.RAM

[PeteProdge]

1) Batty by Hit-Pak
2) Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh by Imagine
3) Hotshot by Addictive

[spider]

Excellent Poll.

I don't normally with these 'rank' games but...

1. Batty, partly as it was free on the covertape and also because its just so nicely polished. I just wish it was a bit easier!
2. Throu The Wall. The classic.
3. Arkanoid. A great game I could not decide between the original and sequel. Lots of nice options but a bit too tricky.

[Morkin]

1. Arkanoid
2. Arkanoid II: Revenge of Doh
3: Batty

I enjoyed playing Hotshot, but it doesn't feel enough of a traditional breakout game for me to vote for it. So I didn't

[Juan F. Ramirez]

1 Arkanoid
2 Batty
3 Demolition (Dorling K.)

[merman]

1. Batty
2. Arkanoid
3. TRAZ

[Hank Scorpio]

1 Batty
2 Arkanoid - Imagine
3 Hotshot

[PQR]

1. Arkanoid II - Revenge of Doh
2. Batty
3. Thro' The Wall

Batty is for sure the prettiest of the lot, and the speed is impressive too.
But ultimately I think Batty is let down by the insane difficulty. The level design could have been better.

Honorable mention to Arkanoid Back to Basic.

[blucey]

Arkanoid 2 probably.

Arkanoid was good but I remember the controls being a bit squiffy and Batty was a bit too hard and visually unclear at times.

I really liked the demo of Hot Shots but found the main game a bit underwhelming.

[Morkin]

On a side note (no pun intended), I could never get on with the Pong-style breakout games that had you facing/firing left and right. Instead of up/down.

Not sure why. Maybe I should've tried putting my TV on its side or something.

[hitm4n]

Batty
Megaball
Arkanoid

[Matt_B]

It's a bit harsh on the regular Breakout clones to be compared with the Arkanoid ones. Sure, the basic concept is the same, but you might as well be sticking R-Type into the Scramble poll on those grounds.

Ah well:

1. Batty
2. Arkanoid
3. Ballbreaker

[Nick]

1. Batty
2. Arkanoid 2
3. Arkanoid (Imagine)

[PeteProdge]

Batty got this, unsurprisingly, by a long shot! 10 votes!

Two games sit in a rather distant second place, Arkanoid and Krakout, 3 votes each.

Then for joint third, 2 votes each for: Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh and Thro' The Wall.

And then, 1 vote each for Ballbreaker II and Tournament Arkanoid.

Batty also dominates the proportional results:

Batty by Hit-Pak 26
Arkanoid by Imagine 13
Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh by Imagine 11
Thro' The Wall by Sinclair Research 3
Hotshot by Addictive Games 2
Megaball by Digital Reality 2
Ball Breaker by CRL 1
Demolition by Dorling Kindersley Software/Sinclair Research 1
Traz by Gamebusters 1

[XTM]

Normally I'm not the type of guy who plugs someone's videos, but I've just watched this one of a German guy on YouTube who I've been following for some time now as he is quite entertaining and funny. He also has an English channel where he speaks English with a strong German accent, but it's quirky and he isn't above some mild swearing when things go wrong, so maybe some of you will enjoy watching him.

I didn't want to create a new thread for this, which is why I post it here instead.
Today he uploaded a video of him playing Batty