Tournament Arkanoid

Description

A ball and paddle game where the player's paddle moves horizontally across the bottom of the screen, bouncing a ball upwards into a changing field of 'bricks' in various mosaic patterns. Bricks are of different colours, while some need to be hit several times to be destroyed, while others are indestructible. During gameplay, some of the bricks drop power-ups such as: slow down, catch, enlarge paddle, or 'disrupt' which will bounce three balls back towards the playing field. Two other power-ups can be attained: Laser, which allows you to shoot out bricks while still bouncing a ball, and one which will allow you to warp to the next level by means of a small opening to the right of the paddle. Tournament Arkanoid is a cocktail table, with paddles and buttons on two ends, and when the next player is up, the screen flips to accommodate the player on the opposite end of the table.

Tournament Arkanoid was produced by Taito in 1987.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Tournament Arkanoid was produced include: Daikaiju No Gyakushu - Giant Monster Counterattack, Violent Shooting, Land Sea Air Squad, Great Gurianos, Inspiration Baseball, Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh, Double Dragon, Dr. Toppel Tankentai, Flying Shark, and Hishou Same

Specs

Name	Tournament Arkanoid
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10174
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Ball and Paddle
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Taito Classic
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Rotary: Optical Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail

Tournament Arkanoid KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.34 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.30

Overall Like	4.50
Fun (Social)	3.50
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.38

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	3.50
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee: Alternate

Miscellaneous

Licensed to Romstar for US manufacture and distribution.

UPDATE OF: Arkanoid

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tournament Arkanoid Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 46 known instances of this machine owned by Tournament Arkanoid collectors who are active members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines. 14 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 24 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Tournament Arkanoid circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Tournament Arkanoid circuit board set.

This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Manuals

Instruction Manual - Tournament Arkanoid Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(16 pages, 0.94 MB File)

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