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Taito turned Breakout into Arkanoid (1986) by putting the player in a ship called the Vaus. Capsules fall from cracked bricks and briefly change the Vaus, the ball, or the barrier.
A short escape story frames the bricks as a prison the Vaus is trying to leave. The energy ball still has to clear every tile, so the old brick-breaking rhythm sits underneath the capsules.
The NES edition can swap the ordinary pad for a dedicated paddle controller. That paddle lets the Vaus track the ball the way the arcade dial did.
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