Comments on: ArconToys

By: laura

laura — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:53:40 +0000

i like getting games here….but, i always wonder about the software developers that don’t connect to their own site. i like being able to go to a companies homepage and check them out and see if they have more detailed info about the game.

By: AGH-38

AGH-38 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:08:24 +0000

Hello.

I love ballbreaker games but this one is not very interesting.

Some new bonuses but that’s all.

Perhaps the next will be better.

But thanks GAOTD.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:17:10 +0000

Memory access failure in Windows Vista Business. Did not load into all programs had to fish it out of the C: drive folder, under games, a new folder I believe. Did simply delete, I think.

By: TNT

TNT — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:31:15 +0000

Makes me want to throw up!

Also, can’t see what objects are falling when zoomed in on the ball.

Thumbs down!

By: BuckyBoy

BuckyBoy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:57:33 +0000

I get the MAV error as well.
It really shocks me that this giveaway has been available for over 20 hours (with substantial response) and the authors, who hope this will give their software positive exposure, have not made a single helpful comment.
From a marketing perspective, the authors have failed completely.
Maybe ggaotd should try installing their prospective software items on a couple of computers prior to putting them up for the world to download.
Fatal for game author . . . Black eye for ggaotd.

By: michaelg653

michaelg653 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:11:12 +0000

well had to trash it… even with dep turned off I still get the memory violation error… oh well… it looked like fun

By: Esther

Esther — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:29:25 +0000

For an Arkanoid-style game and at $4.95 it is passable. It runs fine on my windows xp sp2 but it’s a game that I would only play when I have nothing else to do. Maybe a couple of times a week. It downloaded and activated just fine and would be really great for children under the age of 13. I was bored after level 2 but will keep it for awhile to play with occasionally.

By: sergio

sergio — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:46:52 +0000

“memory violation error” on XP SP2, and its not enough to add the game executable to the DEP exception list.
my guess is it will only run if DEP is completely disabled on XP.

By: ZF

ZF — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:42:56 +0000

An amusing little game from early 2003, a sequel of sorts to 3D Bricker (same author). Worked fine in Win98, but I received memory access violations in Vista – despite trying the suggestions listed above.

By: Mapsking

Mapsking — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:58:08 +0000

Well, unfortunately, this game has so far received a lot of negative ratings, and I am guessing it is because of the Memory access violation error a lot of people are getting. My Vista laptop is on it’s way to being repaired (not b/c of Vista though ), so I can’t say as to whether it works there. My wife’s pc is running XP SP2, and I downloaded, installed, and activated fine. The program started right up, no problems, (and I got in the habit of never installing programs except virus scanners, or necessary programs into the program files, but rather into a more descriptive folder. [BTW, in Vista, a lot of people have had problems with games, b/c they are installing it to the Program Files directory, and that directory seems to have a lot of unusual special permissions, and the like, therefore not allowing them to run. Since I install all of mine to a folder elsewhere, I almost never (maybe 2 or 3 times in about 5 months?) have had problems.]

Anyways, I do enjoy a wide variety of games, breakout-types, platforms, shmups, thinking, match-3, hidden object, etc, so no complaints there. Regarding the game, the graphics were probably not the best possible, however I think they were great. The sound seemed a little bit out of place for the type of game, as some of the levels seemed to have more mellow music. The concept, as has been said, is your typical breakout game, you have a paddle, which can collect powerups/powerdowns, a ball bounces off of it, and you have to clear all of the “bricks” in the level. Someone mentioned earlier there are only three level shapes, but this is incorrect. I have unlocked a few more, so I believe as you progress, that is how you unlock them. One thing this game does, that a lot do not do, is that the actual level “sways” back and forth left and right across the screen, and there is a powerup that puts a “floor” in, so the ball can not escape, and the whole level rotates 360 degrees, as it follows the ball around. This does not affect the ways the balls bounce, only a visual appearance issue. This does not bother me at all, as I love breakout games, and there is supposed to be a lot of things moving around the screen at the same time. The controls are responsive, and worked well, without being too sensitive.

I only have one complaint about it, and that is that the powerups to me are very difficult to differentiate. The “good” ones are green, and the “bad” ones are red, however they are all still the same shape and size. They are all in the shape of a spinning cube, so as you are playing, it is really hard to tell which one you are getting. I don’t like this, because one of the powerups is the one that gives you the floor I mentioned. I like being able to not lose the ball, but when I play games, I am a perfectionist, and it is a lot harder to catch all the powerups, when you can not see the paddle.

Other than that, great game, definitely gets a thumbs up from me…

Thanks, Mapsking