"Perhaps as it is 2007 an interesting use of my time would be to code a Breakout clone for the ZX Spectrum." So may have thought Rafal Miazga when planning his latest game. But perhaps Breakout had been done before? Thru The Wall, Arkanoid I and II, Batty, Krakout, Crusher, Ricochet, Exploding Wall, Breakout, Ballbreaker, Pulsoids, Traz, Titan, Hotshots, Snoball in Hell, Smash Out, Ragnablock, Znapshot, Impact and a few others suggested that it might have been done before but Miazga was undeterred. "I will make the standout version" he possibly declared.
Unfortunately a few subtlties of Breakout passed Miazga by. The need to have some logic as to where the ball would bounce was one. The need to stop the ball gliding smoothly through the bat was another. Making the bat fast enough to cross the screen and reach the ball was a third. But never mind as Miazga had an extra trick up his sleeve - he would combine Breakout with drawings of semi naked ladies in porno style and in lad mag poses. Yes, in spite of the proliferation of porn around on the Internet Miazga decided to prove that the Spectrum might still titilate by rewarding the player with a crude drawing on completion of each round.
Don't want to suffer Breakout hell to see Miazga's interpretation of Stella in her undies? Don't worry, for Pavel Pliva has indulged himself with a 'map' available at WoS. The naked truth is there for all to see. It is a sight the vast majority of this world will live without quite comfortably.
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