'Ikanoid' Becomes 'Space Buster' – Free For A Limited Time
posted October 23rd, 2008 10:09 AM EDT by Blake Patterson in Free, News, Shooter, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Storybird has just released an update to and changed the name of it's Arkanoid-style ball and paddle game, Ikanoid. The new name of this updated version is Space Buster [App Store]–and "for a limited time," the game is available as a free download to mark the update and name change.
Ikanoid Space Buster was the favored title in our early Arkanoid / Breakout game roundup.
With its excellent sound effects and responsiveness, it really provides a solid arcade feeling.
The availability of power up capsules are abundant, but aren’t so powerful that they necessarily detract from the basic gameplay.
The latest version features the following updates:
- 45 new levels (total 100)
- Bug fixes
- Faster engine
- Better physics
- Smoother framerate
- iPod background music support
- New background music tunes
- New product name
- New warp effect
- New loading screen
Fans of the genre may also want to see our recent Super Breakout vs. Block Breaker Deluxe 2 faceoff.
Strange…. They change the name of the game….the same game….and its rating in the app store goes down. People are such tools.
Yeah, and I think it's too expensive and I'm all angry about having to pay money for things.
This is one of the most played games on my iPhone since it's so easy to pick up and play in most situations. Kind of easy due to all the level ups and slow ball, but still a challenge in order to complete levels quickly by trying to aim. Just the right mix to make it fun enough to pass the time. Make things hard on yourself by grabbing the speed boosts, or avoid them.
Though, you high score can go up in smoke when the ball gets stuck in an endless horizontal bounce, forcing you to have to quit the session and start over, unless there's a way to shake it free.
Worth the money I paid.
A well-implemented game. Reminds me of those fond times when I played Arkanoid on an Amiga 500.
Really nice game! Has some problems with collision detection though. Sometimes the ball goes *through* the paddle. Deleted it due to that and due to Block Breaker being more of a real game with more stuff around like the islands, shop etc. If you don't like the graphical style of Block Breaker, the clumsy explosions of Block Breaker and the looooooong loading times of Block Breaker this one here is the Arkanoid clone to go with!
I can't even get it to load without crashing to springboard. I want to like this game and I am always in for free, but deleting and re-loading didn't solve. My phone is jailbroken, not sure if that is the cause.