Editing Arkanoid (section)

==Reception==
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 | Allgame_ARC = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Allgame">{{cite web |last1=Alan Weiss |first1=Brett |title=Arkanoid - Review |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2916&tab=review |website=[[Allgame]] |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115040635/http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2916&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |date=1998}}</ref>
 | CVG_ARC = Positive<ref name="CVG"/>
 | CVG_AMI = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue078/Pages/CVG07800056.jpg|title=World of Spectrum - Magazines|website=Worldofspectrum.org|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
 | CVG_C64 = 87%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_12677|title=Arkanoid review from Computer + Video Games 102 (May 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack|website=Amr.abime.net|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
 | CVG_ZX = 84%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_12676|title=Arkanoid review from Computer + Video Games 102 (May 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack|website=Amr.abime.net|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
 | Dragon_MAC = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Dragon144"/>
 | Gen4_AMI = 92%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_45181|title=Arkanoid review from Génération 4 3 (Mar - Apr 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack|work=[[:fr:Gen4|Génération 4]]|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
 | TGM_C64 = 87%<ref name="TGM">{{cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/amr_search.php?search=arkanoid&mag_id=20&action=Find|title=The Games Machine - Amiga Magazine Rack|work=[[The Games Machine]]|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
 | TGM_PC = 86% <small>([[Amstrad CPC|CPC]])</small><ref name="TGM"/>
 | TGM_AST = 89%<ref name="TGM"/>
 | TGM_ZX = 71%<ref name="TGM"/>
 | CRASH_ZX = 59%<ref>{{cite magazine|vauthors=Ben, Paul, Mike |date=April 1987 |title=Reviews: Arkanoid |journal=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |issue=39 |page=22}}</ref>
 | rev1 = ''[[Commodore User]]''
 | rev1_C64 = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lacey |first=Eugene |title=Arkanoid |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=26 February 1987 |issue=42 (March 1987) |page=17 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-42/page/n16}}</ref>
 | award1Pub = [[Gamest|''Gamest'' Awards]]
 | award1 = [[:jp:ゲーメスト大賞|Silver Award]]<ref name=gamest/>
 | award2Pub = ''[[Compute!]]''
 | award2 = [[List of Game of the Year awards|Games of the Year]]<ref name="gutman198907"/>
 | award3Pub = Entertainment Software Trade Awards
 | award3 = [[Arcade game|Best Arcade Game]]<ref name="CVG76"/>
 | award4Pub = ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''
 | award4 = Best Arcade Translation<ref name="cgw198811"/>
 | award5Pub = ''[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]''
 | award5 = Best Video/Computer Arcade Translation<ref name="VGCE"/>
 | award6Pub = ''[[Popular Computing Weekly]]''
 | award6 = Hall of Fame<ref name="PCW"/>
}}

===Commercial===
''Arkanoid'' became one of Taito's most profitable coin-operated games. In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed it as being the most popular arcade game of August 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=288|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 August 1986|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860801p.pdf#page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 August 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860815p.pdf#page=11|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|issue=289|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> and it remained the top-grossing [[table arcade cabinet]] for six months through September,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=290|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 September 1986|page=23|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860901p.pdf#page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 September 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860915p.pdf#page=11|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=291|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> October,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=292|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 October 1986|page=21|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861001p.pdf#page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 October 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861015p.pdf#page=16|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=293|page=31|lang=ja}}</ref> November<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=294|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1986|page=29|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861101p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 November 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861115p.pdf#page=13|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=295|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> and December 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=296|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 December 1986|page=23|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861201p.pdf#page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=297|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 December 1986|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861215p.pdf#page=13}}</ref> up until February 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=301|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 February 1987|page=21|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870201p.pdf#page=11}}</ref> ''Arkanoid'' was Japan's highest-grossing table arcade game during the second half of 1986,<ref name="GM300">{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86 |magazine=Game Machine |issue=300 |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |date=15 January 1987 |page=16 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870115p.pdf#page=9}}</ref> and the overall sixth highest-grossing table [[1986 in video games|arcade game of 1986]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=288 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 July 1986 |page=28 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860715p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref name="GM300"/> It later went on to be the country's overall highest-grossing table [[1987 in video games|arcade game of 1987]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '87 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=324 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1988 |page=20 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880115p.pdf#page=11}}</ref>

In the United States, it was the highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Compasio |first1=Camille |title=Around The Route |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=1987-11-14 |page=32 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox51unse_19/page/32 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was the fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1986 on [[London]]'s Electrocoin charts.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1986 Top Ten Coin-Ops |magazine=[[Sinclair User]] |date=18 January 1987 |issue=59 (February 1987) |page=96 |url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-059/page/n94/mode/1up}}</ref> ''Euromax'' listed it as being the third most popular arcade game in Europe during 1987.

===Critical===
{{Video game timeline
| compressempty = yes
| title = ''Arkanoid'' series
| 1986 = ''Arkanoid''
| 1987 = ''[[Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh]]''
| 1997a = ''[[Arkanoid: Doh It Again]]''
| 1997b = ''[[Arkanoid Returns]]''
| 1999 = ''Arkanoid R 2000''
| 2007 = ''[[Arkanoid DS]]''
| 2009a = ''Arkanoid Live!''
| 2009b = ''Arkanoid HD''
| 2009c = ''[[Arkanoid Plus!]]''
| 2017 = ''[[Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders]]''
| 2022 = ''Arkanoid: Eternal Battle''
}}

The arcade game was reviewed in ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' by Clare Edgeley in November 1986, where she compared it to ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Space Invaders]]'' in its simplicity and addictiveness. She described ''Arkanoid'' as "a lovely game" that is "fast, colourful, simple and addictive".<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine|last=Edgeley|first=Clare|url=http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/38/28/arkanoid_review.html|title=Arcade Action: Arkanoid|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=62 (December 1986)|date=November 1986|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

The home versions were also well received. ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated in 1988 that ''Arkanoid'' on the Amiga was "a perfect version of the arcade game ... ''incredible''!"<ref name="wagner198802">{{cite magazine | title=Warped in Space! | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | issue=44 | date=February 1988 | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_44.pdf | access-date=16 April 2016 | last=Wagner | first=Roy | pages=31}}</ref> It named the NES version the Best Arcade Translation for the console that year, praising the graphics and play mechanics.<ref name="cgw198811">{{cite magazine | title=Video Gaming World | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | issue=53 | date=November 1988 | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_53.pdf | access-date=16 April 2016 | last1=Kunkel | first1=Bill | last2=Worley | first2=Joyce | last3=Katz | first3=Arnie | pages=56}}</ref> The game was reviewed in 1989 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #144 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon144">{{cite journal | title=The Role of Computers | last1=Lesser | last2=Lesser | last3=Lesser | first1=Hartley | first2=Patricia | first3=Kirk | journal=Dragon | issue=144 | date=April 1989 | pages=60–68}}</ref> ''[[Compute!]]'' named the game to its list of "nine great games for 1989", describing it as "hypnotic, addictive, and fascinating". Along with ''Breakout'', the magazine noted ''Arkanoid'' also has elements of ''Pong'' and ''Space Invaders'' as well as ''[[Pac-Man]]'' in its use of power-ups.<ref name="gutman198907">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1989-07-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_110_1989_Jul#page/n19/mode/2up | title=Nine for '89 | work=Compute! | date=July 1989 | access-date=11 November 2013 | author=Gutman, Dan | pages=19}}</ref>

===Accolades===
''Arkanoid'' and its home releases received several awards, including the "Silver Award" from the [[Gamest|''Gamest'' Awards]],<ref name=gamest>''Gamest'', ''The Best Game 2: Gamest Mook Vol. 112'', pp. 6-26</ref> "[[List of Game of the Year awards|Games of the Year]]" from ''[[Compute!]]'' magazine,<ref>[https://archive.today/20150117192541/http://www.solvalou.com/images/arcade/reviews/69.jpg Arcade Action], ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'', December 1987</ref> "Best Arcade Game" from the Entertainment Software Trade Awards,<ref name="CVG76">{{cite magazine |title=News: Games of the Year |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 January 1988 |issue=76 (February 1988) |page=8 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-076/page/n7}}</ref> "Best Arcade Translation" from ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'',<ref name="cgw198811"/> and "Best Video/Computer Arcade Translation" (for the NES version) from ''[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]''.<ref name="VGCE">{{cite magazine|last1=Katz|first1=Arnie|author2=((Editors of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment))|date=February 1989|title=The Year's Best Video And Computer Games: Our Editors Pick The Outstanding Cartridges And Disks Of 1988|url=https://archive.org/details/vgce_02/page/n55|magazine=[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]|issue=2|pages=56–68|author1-link=Arnie Katz}}</ref> ''Arkanoid'' was the first game to enter the ''[[Popular Computing Weekly]]'' Hall of Fame, in 1987.<ref name="PCW">{{cite magazine |title=Hall of Fame: More than just a clone |magazine=[[Popular Computing Weekly]] |date=1 May 1987 |page=57 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1987-05-01/page/n56/mode/1up}}</ref>

In 1997, ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' editors ranked the NES version the 41st best console video game of all time, describing it as "the type of game that you'd pick up because you need a quick video game fix but would end up playing for hours". They particularly noted that despite the ability to shoot lasers, the game demanded a great deal of skill from the player.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Games of All Time |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=100 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 1997|pages=130, 134}} Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.</ref>