Arkanoid is an arcade game released in 1987 and developed by Taito. The game introduces an alien attack which has destroyed the spacecraft Arkanoid, leaving only one survivor: the ship Vaus. Sent into another dimension by a mysterious enemy, Vaus must pass several safety devices and destroy Doh the alien responsible for the assault. In order to play the game the player has to move from right to left with the horizontal bar, which is supposed to represent the spaceship, allowing bouncing a ball that will destroy the blocks at the top of the screen. The player will get to the next level when all blocks are destroyed.