Batty

Batty is a bat-and-ball, Arkanoid-style video game, published by Elite in 1987 and available for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The game was initially given away free with "Your Sinclair" magazine, before reaching cult status and receiving a market release in its own right, albeit a budget one. The basic premise is the same as that of Arkanoid and similar games: destroying square blocks by hitting them with a ball, which is contro... more

Batty is a bat-and-ball, Arkanoid-style video game, published by Elite in 1987 and available for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The game was initially given away free with "Your Sinclair" magazine, before reaching cult status and receiving a market release in its own right, albeit a budget one. The basic premise is the same as that of Arkanoid and similar games: destroying square blocks by hitting them with a ball, which is controlled by deflecting it with a player-controlled bat. The process is made harder by "Aliens" in the shape of a UFO or a bird which hover over the screen, dropping bombs. Although the aliens can be dispatched by striking them with the ball or even, if they work their way down the screen, by running them over with the bat, they can deflect the ball and present an extra challenge for the player who has to dodge their bombs while trying to keep the ball going. Some blocks, when struck, contained special power-ups which would fall and could be... less