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		<title>Giveaway of the Day Forums &#187; Topic: Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free).</title>
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-91204</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 01:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thanks Tuko.  I really should update this thread.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-63422</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;@WhiteRabbit concerning how far the furiod download goes ^^&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;well, not terrible for a launch.. :-/&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;i guess this is mainly due to the bad advertising which have been done with our previous website banning from stop badware,google and hackers... i must say i'm quite bored and disgusted by all of that as the game releases have always been clean! :-/&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;So using MassMirror stats you can judge by yourself -&#38;gt; &#60;a href=&#34;http://massmirror.com/02249b9097e0e1a156df8296846b94f2.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://massmirror.com/02249b9097e0e1a156df8296846b94f2.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;doesn't give too much appetit to continue anything..&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;kind of : google got me and has killed the project. we'll see what the future will be made of.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-63414</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi guys!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;notblocklox is right, furiod.com has been attacked many times so we've got a problem with our server provider.. the full story on the forum -&#38;gt; &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&#38;#38;t=5&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&#38;#38;t=5&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Anyhow, we've got a secondary website (still not) referenced as black sheep :&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.hostse.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.hostse.com/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;enjoy your play! :)
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			<title>pavid on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-63399</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>pavid</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thanks ozzyyzzo.  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;@notagrayfox :) FYI WOT doesn't have any problem with this site and the downloads have been clean according to my virus and antispyware scans.
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			<title>notblocklox on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-63367</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>notblocklox</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi, ozzyyzzo, my security has blocked your site as a &#34;Reported Attack Site&#34;.&#60;br /&#62;
First it was &#34;only&#34; your forum, but meanwhile even the main site. I have already sent you a mail with screen-shots.&#60;br /&#62;
I hope your site hasn't been hacked.&#60;br /&#62;
graylox
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4#post-63365</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thanks ozzyyzzo, I've not got around to uploading it yet (as you requested) - I never seem to have time to do all the jobs i've promised and sometimes let people down, though i always come through in the end, but will do so this week and post the link here.  Do you want me to replace your link or leave it.  I don't want you  having to pay bandwidth fines if there are lots of  downloads.  (let me know how many download it  as I'm interested in  how the project is working out.  Thanks.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-63357</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;A new version of the 3D arkanoid clone: FURIOD (1.3) has been released!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Featuring internet high scores, slightly modified gameplay for the competition ^^&#60;br /&#62;
all together this freeware is now packed into 16MB! &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;check it out at : &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.hostse.com/download.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.hostse.com/download.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#38;lt;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;---EDIT---Warning! be careful &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/4&#34;&#62;&#38;quot;Reported Attack Site&#38;quot;&#60;/a&#62;---&#60;br /&#62;
graylox
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-58396</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;For a limited time only the 3D arkanoid Chicken Attack is being given away via the following link:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://web.avanquest.com/special_offers/10jours_2009/FR/index.cfm&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://web.avanquest.com/special_offers/10jours_2009/FR/index.cfm&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Despite the offer being part of the French giveaway, the game is in English.  I'll post a seperate post naming the game so that the community have a better chance at grabbing this bargain:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://web.avanquest.com/special_offers/10jours_2009/FR/index.cfm&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://web.avanquest.com/special_offers/10jours_2009/FR/index.cfm&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;WR
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55620</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thank you very much.  I look forwards to playing this once it's downloaded.  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;WR
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55616</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hello guys!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Full version of the game (both win32 and Linux) are available from the Furiod website!&#60;br /&#62;
That's it, this is *not* a shareware anymore ^^&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Enjoy&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;-&#38;gt; &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.com/news.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.com/news.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;filesize: approx 540MB&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;***edit: There is a new version available with a different sound engine. The download size is now less than 16MB !!!***
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55411</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Sounds great ozzyyzzo, though if  the game does work om my computers  I'm happy to pay the small price you're asking.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Whiterabbit.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;b.t.w. if you need any beta testers I'm always available  (PM me, you'll find you I'm on the list when you go to P.M.s and  select the '&#60;em&#62;Pick who you'd like to send your message to&#60;/em&#62;' from the drop down menu).  I beta test for Alawar  as well as for some of the big game companies such as E.A. and Ubisoft (via my founders club subscription with filefront) plus have beta tested such games as World of Goo and the upcoming Atmosphir and for a three Battlefield 2 mod's, (Merc's, Marines and MCC mod)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I'll leave the above Email for today bearing in mind your kind offer, but will have to delete it later as we're not allowed to post our Email addy's on these forums.  :).  Thereafter if anyone wants to contact ozzyzzo regarding ths offer, PM me and I'll pss on your details to ozzyzzo.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55349</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Allright, i've currently updated the shareware version : now 1.1!&#60;br /&#62;
You can get it from the furiod website link. :) -&#38;gt; ( &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.com/build/Furiod_Shareware_Installer.exe&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.com/build/Furiod_Shareware_Installer.exe&#60;/a&#62; )&#60;br /&#62;
I'm now updating the full version but it will be only available in 1 or 2 days for public.&#60;br /&#62;
Btw, send me an email guys (***email removed by moderator***) and i'll also give you an access to the full version on my private ftp ;-)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;As a side note version 1.1 fix the problem with 2D rendering , game speed + synchronisation have been slightly modified but for smooth ball physic i suggest to play using 'fullscreen' and why not the 'cabinet mode' which gives better immersion.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Finally speaking about general gameplay, as i was saying as the difficulty is increasing every 10 levels (so this only affect full version which contains 100 levels) then the game behave more and more like a shooter ^^ as there are more &#38;#38; more options and waves of enemies!  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Thus, oldschool rules, never loose the ball and you'll meet spectacular options additions like impressive multiball + burn + scale +++ you get the idea ;-)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Thanks again.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55340</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thanks to you guyz!!&#60;br /&#62;
I've really been motivated by your feedback and i'll release a fixed version soon (win32)&#60;br /&#62;
i let you know :)
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			<title>midori on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55316</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>midori</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hey there, ozzyyzzo... just played your game, and it is well done! But I couldn't read the fonts at all. They were just white boxes where the text should be, which was a bit disconcerting. I'm running WindowsXP. Maybe you're aware of that problem, but good work otherwise.
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55286</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi ozzyyzzo,&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I wish you every success.  I look forward to a fix for the game when you do have time and would appreciate a heads up on that as my first love is arkanoid/breakout games. (I could include it in the free games thread if you do convert it to freeware - if you have a commercial game on the site it may help to bring in some punters as the download link would be linked to your front page and not directly to the download link) The WWII game sounds intriguing.  Please 'do' post details when it's ready for release.  I'm always looking for new and refreshing games.  Commercial and freeware. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I have no problems paying for a game if its playable.  I think you game developers are wonderful creatures (use of the word is meant to be endearing btw, lol).  My son want's to do his own thing in the gaming world and I'm giving him every encouragement.  He's 10 years old, and at the moment is designing levels for the Atmosphir beta (though hundreds of others are too) and wants to start modding one of his favorite (though old now) games called Serious Sam: The First Encounter. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Thanks for the link, I'll definitely check that one out.  It's amazing what music you can find in games.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Whiterabbit
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55275</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Oh.. and i forgot to say that the Intro (scroller) and HighScore tunes are C64 remixes done by FTC and NADA respectively.&#60;br /&#62;
(Tons of Others remixes are available at RKO! -&#38;gt; &#60;a href=&#34;http://remix.kwed.org/)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://remix.kwed.org/)&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Of course, everyone has been credited into the game and the use of every tune has been granted by the authors.
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55274</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>ozzyyzzo</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;wow!;)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Thx for this feedback WhiteRabbit! and damn because it seems that there is still a bug with 2D fonts display.&#60;br /&#62;
i'm not disapointed at all by your post and i'm pleased to be aware of such a big issue.. 1+ year after the official release ^^&#60;br /&#62;
Frankly i don't care that much about the commercial success of this game, i've done it for fun as a tribute to the c64 era , also bcoz we're still sticky to oldschool gameplay and finally as a 'test' to look into today's shareware business (here i'm disapointed //a bit ). ^^&#60;br /&#62;
There were also issues on the Linux version, mainly the ugly libc++ incompatible revisions story (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.baus.net/statically-linking-libstdc++&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.baus.net/statically-linking-libstdc++&#60;/a&#62;) which sounds for me as a bullet in the foot for every distro on earth..&#60;br /&#62;
Finally, a Mosx version was planned, i only need to get my hand on this kind of computer for a week :) and then i'll work on this title again to fix what has to be fixed and release Furiod as a FREEWARE.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;That's it but still don't know when exactly as i'm very busy with others things ^^&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;ps: a WII version is also running but i have no idea of how to release it right now.. maybe as a freeware again is the key..&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;thx again,
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55194</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;If the game worked okay I’d buy it right away despite there being several freeware arkanoid clones of similar quality readily available – I’m all for supporting Independent developers especially if they show promise as you have done.  (&#60;em&#62;for example Beat Ball DXBall,  and  Chak’s Temple – all of which used to be commercial arkanoids until the developers put them out to pasture&#60;/em&#62;).  Unfortunately it doesn’t work properly on any of the three computers I have working at the moment.  All three have recently been cleaned up, the root  drives re-formatted and windows reinstalled.  All my drivers are up to date   and I’ve ensured the latest graphics drivers for my graphics cards are installed.  I did roll back the drivers on one of the computers to the previous graphics driver and the same problem persisted.  Basically apart from the name of the game and the select one or two player option all other menus and  in game dialogue is impossible to read.  You can see what I mean by checking out the screenshots I’ve taken.  When expanding the window to the bounds of the screen the game remains a small window, much like you’d expect of a game designed for small screens like a mobile phone.    Again I’ve taken screen captures of the size of the game window relative to the whole screen (in several resolutions).  Setting my screen resolution to 800 x 600 was the best option, but it doesn’t cure the dialogue and menu problems. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I thought the game played really well; the ball physics were excellent and the default difficulty was good enough to have a reasonably challenging game, especially with the objects floating around.  I think the speed at which they ricochet of was a little too fast, but that adds to the challenge I suppose.  I also thought the background music was fabulous; who was that female singer? And what’s the name of the album it was taken from?&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The graphics were fine; (&#60;em&#62;comparable to Acky’s XP breakout, one of my all time arkanoid favourites&#60;/em&#62;), yeah maybe a little retro, but that’s not a bad thing.  Game play is the most important thing in my opinion.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I’d strongly suggest you add some extra’s like a levels editor (if possible) otherwise I think it will be hard to sell.  (Of course get the graphics problem sorted first.).  The computers I played the game on were as follows:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;2.2GHz dual Core Athlon 64, NVidia 7900 GS 256Mb graphics card and 2Gb of system RAM with an Audigy ZS sound card.  Win XP with SP2&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;3.0GHz dual core Athlon 64, 2 x NVidia 8600 GT  256Mb graphics cards and 4Gb of system RAM with on board sound chip – C-Media CM6501 sound device. (can’t fit a sound card as the two graphics cards take up too much room).  Win XP with SP2&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;3.2GHz dual core Athlon 64, NVidia 8800 GTS 640Mb graphics card and 4Gb of system RAM with a Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality sound card.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Because my XP pro version is 32 bit I’m actually only using 3326Mb on the 3.0GHz dual computer and on the 3.2GHz dual I’m using just under 3GHz (&#60;em&#62;I should transfer one of the memory sticks over to the 2.2GHz computer as it only has 2Gb - I’m sure you know that the 32 bit version cannot utilize more than around 3.6Gb of RAM&#60;/em&#62;).&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Unfortunately I’ve just deleted the latest beta version of Windows Win 07, so can’t tell whether it worked on that platform.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I also tried running the game in compatibility mode setting it to Win 95 and Win 98, but neither worked. (Tried it on all computers)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Here’s some screen captures of the game:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;All on one page&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/furoid%20problems/?albumview=grid&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/furoid%20problems/?albumview=grid&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;As a slideshow&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/furoid%20problems/?albumview=slideshow&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/furoid%20problems/?albumview=slideshow&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;If you do sort out the graphics issue I’d certainly buy it, though I reckon you’d be better creating a new version (Furoid 2) and putting Furoid out as freeware once the glitch has been sorted; (just my opinion).   &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I’d also consider changing the shareware aspect to an hour unlimited rather than limiting it to 5 levels.   I can’t say much more as I wasn’t able to see the options menu or help menu.  For all I know there may be bonus levels already included.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;A few years ago, Arkanoids and space shooters were the only type of Arcade game I played (apart from my DVD based games).  I used to write to developers suggesting how I thought they could improved on their games, for example give the player the ability to select what power ups are going to appear and in what quantity.  Expand the power ups to include ball and bat changing power ups - not just the shrink and expand bat or the increase/decrease in ball size;  (one arkanoids I have has several bat shapes and three or four ball shapes, all of which affect the way the ball bounces).  Create multiple types of guns and rocket launchers.  Enable the bat to float free of the bottom of the field and create hidden levels or mini games that further enhance the game.  (&#60;em&#62;For example one arkanoid I have called Incrediball has these mini games that are still arkanoids, but play differently to the main game, so it feels like you’re getting two game sin one&#60;/em&#62;.  You couold have a power up that reverses the playing arena so everything is urned upside down, or reverse the way the mouse moves the bat.  There are other ideas but I’m sure you have plenty of your own that could be implemented.  I do think for an arkanoid to be a success now it requires a lot more options that what yours appears to have.  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The levels editor would be one of the best ideas to implement i my opinion as it gives the user the ability to create their own levels, which (IMO) would make them feel like they have unlimited possibilities with the number of levels available.  Just take a look at Reflexives Ricochet series.  There's over 20 thousand levels been created by the community, all are available from the developers web site if you know where to look, though since Ricochet Infinity, you can download them directly into your game.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I hope my post hasn’t disappointed you. It really does have potential, and as I said above, I would still consider buying it,  I buy games every week  (the other week I bought over 20 games), whereas many of the community probably only buy a few games every month or so or even less, so the games you're selling need to be spot on.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Whiterabbit
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55190</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;THanks for the info ozzyyzzo, I'm always up for another breakout clone.  :)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Downloading now
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			<title>ozzyyzzo on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-55182</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hello guyz!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Just to tell you that i've released Furiod 1 year ago (as an Arkanoid 3D clone)&#60;br /&#62;
The game itself lacks a bit of real pro-gfx but hey, it's really fun to play!&#60;br /&#62;
(difficulty increase each 10 levels and final boss available at 100)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;it has also been released for win32 and Linux.. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;you can get it at: &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.furiod.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.furiod.com&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;enjoy
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-40812</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;The following are some simple arkanoids I found earlier. They are not up to the standard of your Ricochet Infinity or Magic Ball 3, nor the freebies from Gametop, but they do offer some light relief, especially if you enjoy playing breakout/arkanoid games. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;New Arkanoid&#60;/strong&#62;:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;blockquote&#62;&#60;p&#62;In one of your long journeys, you found an ancient treasure map. The map showed that to find the treasure, you must collect 7 ancient stones. Your mission is to start looking for these 7 stones. You will find them during your journey to get the treasure.
&#60;/p&#62;&#60;/blockquote&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.geocities.com/aseldawy/arkanoid.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.geocities.com/aseldawy/arkanoid.html&#60;/a&#62;  (less than 1Mb)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;Starz&#60;/strong&#62;:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.ayretek.com/downloads/freeware/Starz_License_Freeware.htm&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.ayretek.com/downloads/freeware/Starz_License_Freeware.htm&#60;/a&#62; (less than 1Mb)
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			<title>copmom on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-40058</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>copmom</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thanks for the update rabbit!!  {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} ~ Lauri
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-40051</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Good news for arkanoid lovers, Gametop appear to have increased their stock of free good quality arkanoids recently.  You can check them out; there's ten free downloadable arkanoids (Sawnoid, A-Ball (aka Nuclear Ball}, Geometry Ball {aka Twinxoid}, Cosmoball, Brixout, Starball, Turboball, Scaraball, Aztec Bricks and Egyptian Ball   plus another online one called Maya Ball&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.gametop.com/category/breakout.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.gametop.com/category/breakout.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;There are nearly 90 full version arcade games available from Gametop now plus nearly as many online games and all for free.  As mentioned countless times there is a small price to be paid for getting these games for free.  Whenever you've finished playing the game and close it down, your browser is opened to the Gametop page.  Personally I don't mind this as it's a small price to pay for a perfectly good arcade game that normally retails for nearly $20.  I've checked every game and none have been infected with viri or other malware.  I have noticed that the more recent games also have a tick box that you need to uncheck when installing otherwise your browser will be diverted to the gametop page.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;blockquote&#62;&#60;p&#62;If you do forget and then find your browser does open up to the Gametop page you can easily change it back to whatever you use by right clicking on your internet browser and select internet properties.  In the home page address window ensure the browser address you wish to use is typed in for example &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Google:  &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.google.co.uk/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.google.co.uk/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;or you can click on use default to return it to it's original for example if you are using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser it will probably be MSN:  &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;MSN:   &#60;a href=&#34;http://uk.msn.com/?ocid=iefvrt&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://uk.msn.com/?ocid=iefvrt&#60;/a&#62;
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-33531</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;I'm not sure whether I've posted details of Arcamania 2 Retro in the above thread, so will do so again.  I've just posted a thread with some free games from 300AD, which contains Arcamania 2 retro an arkanoid, so thought it appropriate to link the thread here:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3431&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3431&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;It's an excellent, but very hard arkanoid to beat.  (I've still to complete all three of the arcamania games)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;regards&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Stephen
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-32337</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;I've just posted a seperate link to an free arkanoid called Deep Ball Defender that I nearly bought a few years ago, but forgot about until recently.  I was going to buy it from BDStudios the developers, but they have taken it off their sales list and are now giving it away free provided you subscribe to their news letter.  There's four other games for free as well, however these can be got free elsewhere as well.  Follow the link below to go to the thread i've posted about these games as well as Deep Ball Defender:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3396&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3396&#60;/a&#62;
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-30599</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 12:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Thank you Lady babe :)
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			<title>sukibabe on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-30584</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 10:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>sukibabe</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;I commend you Sir Whabbit!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Suki
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			<title>Whiterabbit-uk on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-30572</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 07:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Whiterabbit-uk</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Just thought it a good idea to bring this back to the front page because there are loads of great free games to be found in this thread
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			<title>funkymom on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-20008</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>funkymom</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;suki- thanks for the reminder.&#60;br /&#62;
i got it at midnight last night. i really like this game.&#60;br /&#62;
mine won't let me even get to chapter 3, at the end of chapter 2 it tells me what a brave wonderful warrior i am and that if i want to continue i have to buy the game.:(&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;oh well. i've been playing the puzzle mode this afternoon.
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			<title>sukibabe on "Arkanoids and Breakouts:  A list of decent  freeware (and not so free)."</title>
			<link>http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2607/page/3#post-19925</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>sukibabe</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;I was right!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;They let you get about half way in Chapter 3, then it brings up the buy screen to continue.&#60;br /&#62;
That's ok, I will just keep re-playing it till it comes to BF!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;When I did the Beta for Legend of Aladdin, it was the same way.&#60;br /&#62;
That was pre 60 minute demo time limit at Eval for RA.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Still like the game, will buy it when gets to my price point!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Going to check out puzzle mode, since after you complete Chapter 1, that is unlocked.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Suki
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