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Off The Wall (video Game)
''Off the Wall'' is an arcade game produced by Atari Games and released in North America in 1991. A remake of ''Breakout (video game), Breakout'', it has a much wider variety of gameplay elements of the original. Most notably, it models spin on the ball. ''Off the Wall'' supports up to three players simultaneously (though most cabinets only support two). The game's graphics include many backgrounds modeled after modern abstract art. Gameplay The objective of ''Off the Wall'' is to score as many points as possible by destroying square blocks in a never-ending series of levels. The player controls a paddle using an analog knob or a joystick (depending on the machine configuration). The paddle moves along one edge of the playfield, and a ball flies around the playfield and bounces off the walls and the paddle. When a ball hits a block, the block disappears (unless it is indestructible). A square exit is placed on the screen, and directing the ball into this exit causes all rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari Games
Atari Games Corporation, known as Midway Games West Inc. after 1999, was an American producer of Arcade game, arcade Video game, games. It was formed in 1985 when the coin-operated Arcade game, arcade game division of Atari, Inc. was transfered by Warner Communications to a joint venture with Namco. It was one of several successor companies to use the name Atari. The company developed and published games for arcades and across consumer gaming consoles such as the Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and other platforms using the Tengen (company), Tengen label. Some of the games Atari had developed include ''Tetris (Atari), Tetris, Road Runner (video game), Road Runner, RoadBlasters'' and ''Primal Rage.'' After Time Warner reassumed full ownership in 1994, the company was sold to WMS Industries in 1996, and became part of Midway Games when that company was spun-off by WMS in 1998. It ceased operations in 2003 and its former assets were sold bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |