Krypton Egg
Encyclopedia
Krypton Egg is a Breakout clone
developed in 1988
by Alexandre Kral on Atari ST
and Amiga 500/600 (OCS/ECS)
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The game also propose different kind of monsters which deflect the ball and enhance the level of difficulty. Krypton Egg is part of the retrogaming
phenomenon.
The game has been remade for MS-DOS and Windows (in the 1990s), iOS and Adobe Flash (in 2010). It has been re-released for modern Windows versions on DotEmu
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Breakout clone
A Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...
developed in 1988
1988 in video gaming
-Events:*June — Nintendo releases the last issue of "Nintendo fun club news";*July — Nintendo releases the first issue of Nintendo Power magazine.-Notable releases:*January 8, Konami releases Super Contra....
by Alexandre Kral on Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
and Amiga 500/600 (OCS/ECS)
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
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Summary
Like other games of the same kind, you have to break each brick of the stage to clear the level and be able to go to the next one. However, there are several bonus which fall from broken bricks and give you special capacities. Here are the most usual ones:- glue : the ball won't rebound automatically on the tray anymore, it will stuck on it and you have to click to re-throw the ball.
- multiple ball: the ball will divide itself; you can't lose until you miss each one.
- bigger ball: the ball will double-size.
- frozen tray: the tray won't move for a second.
The game also propose different kind of monsters which deflect the ball and enhance the level of difficulty. Krypton Egg is part of the retrogaming
Retrogaming
Retrogaming, also known as old-school gaming, is the hobby of playing and collecting older computer, video, and arcade games. These games are played either on the original hardware, on modern hardware via emulation, or on modern hardware via ports or compilations...
phenomenon.
The game has been remade for MS-DOS and Windows (in the 1990s), iOS and Adobe Flash (in 2010). It has been re-released for modern Windows versions on DotEmu
DotEmu
DotEmu is a French video game company created in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand, with its headquarters in France. This company initially dedicated to B2B adaptation and emulation of old games and now provides a B2C distribution service on dotemu.com.Distribution service: Users can...
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External links
- Official Krypton Egg Website
- Krypton Egg at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- Krypton Egg at DotEmu