Ludography
Krypton Egg cover

1989 · Action · Arcade

Krypton Egg

With Krypton Egg you will get back to the pleasures of a good breakout. The objective remains the same: destroy all the bricks of the level using only one ball in order to go to the next level.

Released
1989
Platforms
AmigaAtari STAtari ST/STELegacy Mobile DeviceMS-DOSWindowsWindows MobileiOSmacOS
Genres
ActionArcade
Developers
—
Publishers
—
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
France

About

Krypton Egg (subtitled The Ultimate Breakout) is a block breaker game developed in 1989 by Alexandre Kral on Atari ST and Amiga 500/600 (OCS/ECS).

The game was remade for MS-DOS and Windows in 1995, iOS and Adobe Flash in 2010. It was also re-released for modern Windows XP versions on DotEmu.

Keywords

  • breakout/arkanoid clone
  • block-breaking

Media

Krypton Egg screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like other games of the same kind, all bricks of the stage must be broken to clear the level to proceed to the next one. However, there are several bonuses which fall from broken bricks and give special capacities to either the paddle or the ball, including Glue, Multiple Ball, and Bigger Ball. Some of these bonuses, such as Frozen Tray, are harmful and should be avoided.

The game also features several different monsters of varying sizes which will attempt to get in the way of the ball. The paddle can easily dispatch a monster by striking it with the paddle, and can additionally down a monster using the ball or a projectile granted from a bonus. Only one type of monster poses a direct threat to the paddle, which has a force field that can destroy the paddle unless it has a shield.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Atari ST/STE31 December 1989Worldwide
Amiga31 December 1990Worldwide
MS-DOS31 December 1994Worldwide
Windows31 December 1995Worldwide · Worldwide 31 December 2008
iOS31 December 2009Worldwide
macOS31 December 2011Worldwide

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