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Brick Zone

A very strange Arkanoid clone that could be considered a spiritual follow-up to SunA's own Goindol (another weird Arkanoid-like game).

It's also SunA's last 8-bit game, as the company shifted the development to 16-bit games starting with a certain fighting game.

Version Differences#

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Many more differences, such as changed background images.

Title Screen#

Version 6.0

Version 4.0

Versions 1.1 and 5.0

Controls#

Versions 6.0 and 5.0 are played with joystick controls, while versions 4.0 and 1.1 use more conventional spinner controls.

Barrier Item#

In versions 6.0 and 5.0, the second fire button is replaced with a barrier button (called Crisis in the boot-up sequence) that protects the ball from draining for a short period.

Stage Select#

Version 6.0 added a stage select feature after pressing start, which allows you to choose the first level out of every set of ten stages.