Comments on: Best iPhone Arkanoid / Breakout Game Roundup

By: Ultranium 4 | Game Glist

Ultranium 4 | Game Glist — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:01:35 +0000

[...] Ultranium 4 toucharcade.com [...]

By: arn

arn — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:51 +0000

your game came out 9 months after this article was published.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:19 +0000

Touch Arcade, it's a real shame you didn't mention anything on Ball Slam Fantasy, it's a breath of fresh air on the Brick Breaker genre and really would have deserved to be in this game round up.

By: B4T On Your iPhone » Blog Archive » Bots 4 Tots

B4T On Your iPhone » Blog Archive » Bots 4 Tots — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:13:35 +0000

[...] app, your dice rolling app, the app that tells you those funny little quotes and that one that is like Breakout only you control it with your fingers; there is space there, though, that you want to [...]

By: arn

arn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:20:24 +0000

@julien hey. I guess I meant explanation for the non-linear ball movements. Like I said, for most of arkanoid there isn't that much docs required, but I felt like I was missing something, or it was a bug.

arn

By: julien

julien — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:16:50 +0000

best regards and great article !

Julien

PS: Ultranium *has* a doc and it is available ingame by going into the HELP menu! Screen capture here: http://jadegame.com/?os=iphone

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:33:22 +0000

I very much enjoyed your Akranoid/Breakout comparison. I hope you will do similar ones in the future for other categories, for example the Simon-type memory games, driving/racing games, etc.

THANKS!

By: SamiHIan

SamiHIan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:21:08 +0000

I for one love Space Out! It has great play control with finger or thumb and is fun but challenging. http://youtube.com/watch?v=xEhe0mfgWlg

By: SamiHIan

SamiHIan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:20:15 +0000

I for one love Space Out! It has great play control with finger or thumb and is very hard but fun! http://youtube.com/watch?v=xEhe0mfgWlg

By: johann

johann — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:54:31 +0000

I agree with Will 100% on this one. Jirbo's thumb control is the only way to go. It didn't take long for me to get used to and now I can play comfortably one handed. All other breakout type games should at least provide this as an option cause it's a dealbreaker without it for me too.

By: Podzoe

Podzoe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:24:46 +0000

What about Chimps Ahoy? It may be on it's side and have two paddles, but I'd still call it an Arkanoid/Breakout game...

By: Matt Burris

Matt Burris — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:01:33 +0000

Great roundup arn! The video definitely shows Ikanoid to be more engaging and fun-looking. It was, at least, more fun to watch. I tried Super Pong and Jirbo's Break, and gave up after those two until better alternatives came along, and a clear winner stood out. I think I'll get Ikanoid myself now. I'm an old school gamer that grew up on Breakout and Arkanoid, so it's good to relive those days on my iPhone once in a while.

By: anton

anton — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:19:08 +0000

another one:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4idlZ2Z3Pz0

By: anton

anton — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:50:25 +0000

BreakTouch 3D
Powerups are coming! Very soon!
Also more levels implemented!

By: arn

arn — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:36:07 +0000

Jirbo is the only one with that thumb-control, which I didn't really get used to. All of them allow direct manipulation with your finger as shown in the videos. A couple (Ultranium and Super Ping) offered accelerometer control, but it's not ideal.

All the controls were adequate so I didn't get into it too much, but the gameplay issues were the biggest. In that Ikanoid was the "funnest" by a good margin.

arn