Editing Arkanoid (section)

===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>