Bananoid

From the readme:

Bananoid is a breakout-style game with high (360 × 240) resolution MCGA graphics, an oversized (544 × 240) play field and mouse-only control using page-flipping for the screen control. The falling blocks result in differing paddle effects, mostly good—one bad. I know we're all a little tired of wall-block-paddle-pill games, but the idea was simple—the graphics drivers were what interested me. The speed is controlled by vertical retracing, so on a machine slower than a 12MHz 286 the game may appear sluggish. O well… But on a faster machine, the game operates at approximately 60 frames per second. There is only data for seven levels. That's enough to demonstrate MCGA as a viable game mode on VGA cards.

Steckbrief

• Concept: Breakout
• Author: William Rieder
• Year: 1989
• Country of Origin:

Download

• Bananoid (47kB, ZIP)

Links

• Bananoid screenshots