Help identifying game

[Kevin]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out the name of a game that I had on my Amstrad CPC6128, and I'd really appreciate your help. The gameplay was pretty basic but I've got the theme stuck in my head.

From what I can remember, it was essentially an arcade game. You had a paddle at the bottom of the screen (not Arkanoid!), and you would launch a rectangular block from your paddle to the top of the screen. On hitting the top, the block would then bounce back and start going downwards. I think the objective was to get the blocks to land on intermediate platforms that are going across the screen horizontally and crossing the block's path (the block shouldn't hit a platform on its way up). I think blocks had different letters on them; at any rate, you had to do this for a number of blocks. Graphics weren't spectacular; I somehow recall a lot of yellow and I *think* the game's statistics were to one side of the screen. The music sounded like some sort of rendition of "Jerry's Breakdown".

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

[robcfg]

Maybe Klax?

[MiguelSky]

It sounds more like Puzznic.

EDITO: No, not like Puzznic, that is not the name. I mean one with similar gameplay to Larcenas Legacy: http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11104

[tofu]

Hi (OP here),

Thanks for trying, but it's neither of those. This was 2D (ala Arkanoid), with graphics consisting mostly of blocks and rectangles, and the screen was fixed during a level (i.e. no scrolling).

[VincentGR]

It reminds me of an arkanoid clone done in basic. Rectangular "ball" and no smooth scrolling.

[zeropolis79]

Either Krackout by Gremlin Graphics or Impact! but I can't remember the name of the company.

[arnoldemu]

It reminds me of an arkanoid clone done in basic. Rectangular "ball" and no smooth scrolling.

I agree, and more and more it makes me think of a type in.

[VincentGR]

I agree, and more and more it makes me think of a type in.

Yes it was a listing!

[remax]

You mean the breakout from the manual ?

[VincentGR]

I can't remember and I am still looking for it on my disks 

[VincentGR]

I've found it... it was bustout 

[remax]

I've found it... it was bustout 

Funny, it is the same name that the one from CPC User Manual : http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=notices&num=3404

[VincentGR]

Yes but you said breakout 

[arnoldemu]

Yes but you said breakout 

Kevin (original poster):

Would you confirm if it's breakout you were thinking of?

EDIT: He did mention "lots of yellow" and status panel on the side. This breakout game doesn't seem to be it, perhaps a similar type-in?

[remax]

Kevin (original poster):

Would you confirm if it's breakout you were thinking of?

EDIT: He did mention "lots of yellow" and status panel on the side. This breakout game doesn't seem to be it, perhaps a similar type-in?

No it's clearly not the game from CPC User Manual.

Easiest : http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&cats=114

[AMSDOS]

Just to confuse the matter I thought it might of been Dripzone which has a Status Bar & lots of Yellow, but sadly no Square Ball 


Another game which I thought looks interesting while looking through Breakout games is The Monster's Castle, I haven't played it so don't know if it's any good. The Screenshots for that game has lots of Walls & Platforms which made me think it could of been that, but obviously no yellow in the game or any Square Ball.

[Puresox]

Hotshot? Addictive Gameshttp://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=176
http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=176

[Puresox]

Ahhh was it Seesaw? Amsoft?

[tofu]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your replies. Sorry I couldn't post sooner (had to go AWOL). The mechanics aren't really like breakout. The only thing in common with breakout is that there is some sort of paddle at the bottom of the screen. Once you'd launch "the box" it would just go straight up to the top of the screen and bounce back. Unlike breakout, the point wasn't to hit targets/blocks, rather it was to land a block on one of the moving platforms on its way back down the screen.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a type-out, but I'm guessing it was either pretty obscure or pretty bad (or both). I had skimmed through CPC game reviews once, but I didn't spot it.

[arnoldemu]

I am now thinking of a CPC version of a fairground game where you must throw a ball into a bucket to win a prize.

On CPC, this would be close to firing a ball to the top of the screen and collecting it on a shelf.

[arnoldemu]

helter skelter
ball crazy?
bumpy?
10th frame

[arnoldemu]

trailblazer
bounder?

[Puresox]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your replies. Sorry I couldn't post sooner (had to go AWOL). The mechanics aren't really like breakout. The only thing in common with breakout is that there is some sort of paddle at the bottom of the screen. Once you'd launch "the box" it would just go straight up to the top of the screen and bounce back. Unlike breakout, the point wasn't to hit targets/blocks, rather it was to land a block on one of the moving platforms on its way back down the screen.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a type-out, but I'm guessing it was either pretty obscure or pretty bad (or both). I had skimmed through CPC game reviews once, but I didn't spot it.

Are you certain it is not 'Seesaw'- By Amsoft? This is the only game that ticks some of the box!?


Check it out on CPC Power.
http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1901

[tofu]

Hi,

That's not it, the aesthetic is completely different. I'll try to mock up the UI from memory at some point, maybe that might help.
Again, thanks for the effort.

[arnoldemu]

Hi,

That's not it, the aesthetic is completely different. I'll try to mock up the UI from memory at some point, maybe that might help.
Again, thanks for the effort.

I think we are all interested to know what this game is. I know I am.

It may be a game that hasn't been archived on cpc-power yet!

A mockup would be really useful, and anything to do with the name of the company it was made by, the language in the user interface (perhaps it's a French or German game for example), which media it was on (tape or disc).

Did you buy it, or get it from a pd library or...? anything that can help!