Batty

Batty is a computer game, a clone of the popular Arkanoid game on the ZX Spectrum .

Batty
Developer	Mark Crane [1]
Publisher	Hit-pak
Date of issue	1987
Genre	arkanoid arcade
Technical details
Platforms	ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , Commodore 64
Game modes	single player , multiplayer game with one computer (2 players) [1]
Carrier	compact cassette
Control	joystick , keyboard

Date of appearance - 1987 year. In the USSR , the Batty game has become one of the most popular computer games of the late 80s - early 90s of the XX century.

The player’s task is to destroy the multi-colored rectangles at the top of the screen with the help of a ball to be beaten with a racket moving horizontally at the bottom of the screen. In this case, it is impossible to prevent the ball from falling out of the screen from below.

Obstacles to the ball on the screen: unbreakable blocks, a bird or a flying saucer, the acceleration of the ball; ball repellent magnets (can sometimes help).

As in any game like Arkanoid , you need to catch the falling prizes: racket increase, life, transition to another level, sticky tape, mega ball, just a bonus, kill a bird or a UFO.

In the early 1990s, enthusiasts from the post-Soviet countries released sequels of the game with new levels (Batty 2, Batty 3, Batty 4). A level editor was also written.