Lost In Translation/Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH

Arkanoid ; Revenge of DOH
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation Japan
Released	1987
Control; Method	Dial; 1 Button(s)
Main CPU	Z80 (@ 8.000 MHz); Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono; YM2203 (@ 3.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Vertical); 256 x 224 pixels; 60.00 Hz; 512 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	9 ROMs; 658,432 bytes (643.00 KiB)
MAME ID	arknoid2 · arknid2j · arknid2u

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About The Game

The mysterious enemy known as 'DOH' has returned to seek vengeance on the 'Vaus' space vessel. The player must once again take control of the Vaus and overcome many challenges in order to destroy DOH once and for all.

An update of the popular 1986 original, Revenge of Doh sees the player battle through 30 rounds, taken from a total of 34. Revenge of Doh differs from its predecessor with the introduction of 'Warp Gates'. Upon completion of a level, 2 gates appear at the bottom left and bottom right of the play area respectively, the player is then taken through one of the gates - the choice dependent upon which side of the screen the player is on when the last brick is destroyed - and is taken to the next level. The fire-button is only used when the Laser (L) pod is caught.

Trivia

Licensed to Romstar for US distribution.

Zachary Hample holds the official record for this game with 3,120,570 points on December 31, 2002.

Series

1. Arkanoid (1986)

2. Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (1987)

3. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (1997, Nintendo Super NES)

4. Arkanoid Returns (1997)

Staff

Directed & Programmed By: Yasumasa Sasabe
Assistant Programmers: Toshiaki Tsukano; Hideki Hashimoto
Graphic Designers: Tetsuro Kitagawa; Kohzoh Igarashi; Genya Kuriki
Sound Designer: Hisayoshi Ogura
Publicity Supervisor: Hisayasu Nakane
Mechanical Engineer: Yasunori Hatsuda
Game Designed By: Kei. S

Cabinet and Artwork

Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH arcade cabinet.
Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH flyer.
Romstar's Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH flyer.

Ports

Computers: Sharp X68000 (1987); Commodore C64 (1988); Atari ST (1988); Amstrad CPC (1988); Commodore Amiga ("Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh", 1988, Imagine); Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988); PC [MS-DOS] (1989); MSX2

Sound Comparison

Platform	Song Titles					Sound Source
Arcade	"Introduction"	"Get Ready!"	"DOH (Dominate Over Hour)"	"Ending & Name Entry"	"Game Over"	M1 v0.7.8a6

External Links

Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH at the World of Spectrum

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The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
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