Strawdog Studios has announced that they are rebooting the 80s arcade game genre with Space Ark for Xbox Live Arcade. Space Ark is a fun homage to the bright and bouncy arcade games of the late 80s such as Rainbow Island, Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid, with an added mix of Pinball. It actually looks a little like a 3D version of Peggle. It is the kind of game I think my son will love.
Space Ark is a fun arcade game featuring cute characters (the Arkonauts), wacky bonuses and fruit (every good arcade game must have fruit) plus bonus levels, more fruit, power-ups, extra lives and yet more fruit. Players must help the Arkonauts repair damaged planets by bouncing them into the air and bagging the DNA combos, power-ups and all the fruit you can catch in order to repair planets that have been damaged by a wandering black hole.
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Game Features:
Bounce the Arkonauts into the air (and keep them bouncing),
Grab the coloured DNA gems (which help to heal the planets),
Create combos & super combos by collecting 3 or more DNA gems in a row,
Collect the fruit to level up your power meter (multiplies your score),
Addictive collection of DNA, rewards power-ups, scores, bonus level tokens, power-ups, combos and fruit bonuses is a core mechanic,
Over 120 levels of wacky animal bouncing fun,
More fruit,
28 cuddly Arkonauts to play with; can you create a home for all of them?
Bonus levels (to unleash a Fruit Frenzy),
Power-up your bounce pad (shoot blocks, hoover up bonuses, reduce gravity),
Wacky widgets (switches, pinball flippers, teleports, fans, bouncy clouds and spinners) to help you grab the hard to reach DNA,
Ranking – Win medals and complete trials to see your animals promoted from Space Cadet through to the ultimate accolade of Arkonaut
Fruit – enough to make a jumbo fruit salad,
No ice cream (sorry),
Multiplayer – 2 player (split screen) co-op and competitive multi-player modes.
Avatar integration – bounce your avatar through any mission.
