Arkanoid (Breakout) clones named Bricks and FX Ball

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:24 pm

Hello all,
I am looking for two Arkanoid clones that I played in 1990 or 1991 on a DOS PC.
One was named Bricks I think and the other was named something like "FX Ball". I can't remember well but I think the name contained "ball" in it. It had a smooth graphic for those times.

The "Bricks" I am looking for was quite similar with Arkanoid but with a bit better graphics. And it's not "Bricks (1984)(Vincent Bly)" because I just checked that game

Thanks

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:45 pm

I'd bet DX Ball or one of the sequels is your 'FX Ball' memory. That one is still fun to break out and play sometimes. (haha)

Rabit · Post by **Rabit** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:09 am

It was me, I forgot to sign in.
It's not DX Ball, this was released much later, in 1996 for Windows

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:17 am

Oh, right, missed the date thingie!

Worth checking through the (long!) MobyGames breakout list. It's arranged by date, so is hopefully easy to browse. (Wish I could figure out how to restrict it to just dos, but the new interface... aargh.)

Bananoid is the only pretty one I remember from that era, and Popcorn. None jump out at me for FX Ball, but maybe something like Super Ball would fit? Moby's dates are often approximate, not actual.

Rabit · Post by **Rabit** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:42 am

Thanks very much for the help, the list at MobyGames is very good, I will check the games when I will have the time.

Cheers!