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• Developer: KENTA(22)
• Genre: Arcade
• Works On: Windows 95-98, Windows XP

Reviews

Gohst
Playing a Breakout clone can be difficult. You never know what to expect. Sometimes to be interesting, the game will be in 3D. Or stretch wider than the screen. Or have gnomes. Sometimes these gimmicks work. Othertimes, not so much. The gimmick in this breakout clone? To be absolutely hilarious.
In any given level, you can launch ten balls whenever you please. Most often you'll receive a bonus fairly quickly. This can range from faster "up" swing on the ball, to unlimited balls, a paddle literally as wide as the screen, jumbo balls and more. This can result in hundreds of balls simultaneously on screen at once, all double their normal size and with no way of leaving the screen.
This makes each level utterly easy - most can be finished in less than thirty seconds. But the game isn't about ease. It's about fun. No two insanely random ways to finish a level will be the same (figuratively speaking) and it certainly has a lock on being the only breakout game to remove the tedium of waiting for that last block.
The only strange thing is, your paddle isn't directional. It merely continues the trajectory of the ball, meaning you can't deliberately aim. Also, the ball seems to travel not on a straight line path, but in a sort of gravity induced parabola. This is at times interesting and frustrating as you have little control over the ball, but the ball can be under the spell of certain "gravity blocks".
Hands down, even counting the ridiculousness of the game, this is one of the most original breakout clones to come around in a long time. You will seriously do yourself a favour to download this immediately.
Inferno
Wow, this game was just...insanely awesome. Wow.....levels are done in 5 seconds, the longer ones taking less than a minute. Gee Whiz, Kudos to whoever thought this up.
Anonymous
this game was simply sheer insanity.