Puppet Kings

NOT RECOMMENDED - it is an Arkanoid clone that is extremely unforgiving and is made even more difficult than the arcade original by utilizing view-obscuring visual effects and the enemies stunning you for 2 to 5 seconds, forcing you to lose. One of the bosses spawns cages that prevent you from moving for about five seconds, practically guaranteeing that you lose a life. The game is not long, something like 40 to 60 minutes if you do not game over (read: you use Cheat Engine to hack the lives to stay high). It has unlockable characters (in that split screen level that is quite difficult to beat), though they only provide cosmetic changes. It is about three playthroughs long. Yes, you have to repeat beat multiple bosses to get there. It is dull. The chances are that you are not going to enjoy this game even if you like the original Arkanoid. It has so many ploys of unfairness it feels like a game made like a person who does not play games to enjoy them. Invisible level objects are just one of the many deliberate irritations in the game. The graphical effects obscuring the view also cause frame drops. You have been warned.