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    Crackout

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Dec 13, 1986

    A Breakout-style block-busting game released in Japan as Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System and as Crackout in Australia and Europe in 1991 for the NES. A US version was planned but was canceled.

    Short summary describing this game.

    Crackout last edited by jeff on 04/06/19 03:35PM View full history

    Overview

    Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi ("Mystery of the Wall: Block Destruction") is a Breakout clone from Konami originally released for Nintendo's Famicom Disk System peripheral. It was later released in Europe and Australia as Crackout (a nominal reference to Breakout) but did not make the transition to the US.

    The gameplay, much like every Breakout type game, involves directing a ball towards a series of destructible brick environments by using a paddle. Once all the destructible bricks are removed, the player proceeds to the next stage with a different layout of bricks to eliminate.

    Though Breakout is their shared ancestor, Nazo no Kabe/Crackout actually has more in common with Taito's Arkanoid. Both feature enemies and power-ups, introduced with Arkanoid, and Crackout is graphically reminiscent of Arkanoid as well. Nazo no Kabe actually beat Arkanoid to its official Famicom release by about a week in Japan.

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