Arkanoid Nightmare Instructions

Copyright 2006 Marc Whitcombe.
This game is freeware, and can be freely distributed as long as the contents and instructions remain unchanged.
If you wish to contact me e-mail me at marcwhit1@yahoo.com
 

In Game Keys:
P = Pause The Game
Q = Quit The Game
S = Sound Effects On/Off
I = Brings Up  Instructions

Highlight Below For Cheat Keys:
C = Slow Ball Down
F = Return Ball to Normal Speed

Alien Planet:

1: Alien Wave; Various Waves of aliens will attack. Destroy them with the ball for bonus points.
Watch out for when the purple sphere at the top left appears, as hitting that gives you a safety block to stop the ball falling off the bottom of the screen.
2: The Claw; Hit the claw 10 times to make the 4 headed alien appear. Destroy that for 5000 points.
3: Warp Tunnels; Enter a warp tunnel 10 times for multiball.
4: Spacemen + Pods; Hit a spaceman to make a pod appear 15 seconds. Hit the pod for 1000 points.
5: One Eyed Alien; Hit the one eyed alien for one million points. You'll need to work out how to get to it though.
If you want to know what to do high light below:
1)Get through a complete wave of aliens, starting with the green one eyed ones, then kill every following wave until they appear again.
2) Hit the claw 10 times and kill the 4 headed alien.
3) Hit one of the spaceman's pods eight times.
4) Once you've done the above 3, the path to the million point alien clears.
 

Dragon's Den:

1: Secret Panel; Hit the secret panel 8 times for an extra ball.
2: Brothers; Hit the smaller brother to make the big one appear. Hit the big one to be taken to a random nest at the top of the screen to score up to 1000 points.
3: Pegasus; Hit Pegasus for 50 points. Hit it 5 times for 500 points.
4: Dragon Eggs; Hit them 3 times to release the multiball.
5: Keys; Hit each key 8 times to open the door to the temple, enter it to advance to the next screen, Storming the Temple.

Storming the Temple:
Kill the Vampire Bats by hitting them with the ball. Kill all the Vampire Bats to enter the next screen, The Treasure Room.

The Treasure Room:
Hit the Dragons guarding the treasure enough times to make a target appear.
The targets are 2 treasure chests, one containing 100,000 points, the other a mega multiball bonus.
The other targets are a group of trolls which appear for 10 seconds, you score 10,000 points every time you hit a troll.
 

Treasure Island:

1: Supply Package; Hit the supply package on the right to make the one on the left appear. Hit the one on the left for 1000 points, and to make the treasure chests appear. If you hit a treasure chest you advance to the treasure hunt screen. Be warned if you loose a life the treasure chests disapear.
2: Top Swordfish; Hit the top swordfish 8 times to make the top lobster appear. Hit the lobster for the multiball bonus.
3: Left Swordfish: Hit the left swordfish 5 times to make the right lobster appear. Hit the right lobster to make a cannon ball appear.
4: The Cannon Ball: The Cannon Ball functions like a normal ball, but it scores a lot more points. You even score 50 points when it hits the bat.
If it hits a treasure chest you don't get the treasure hunt, and the chest is destroyed, but you do get 7,500 points.
You score 10,000 if it hits a Jewel, and 20,000 if it hits the Lobster on the Right.
Please note: Even if the cannon ball is in play you still lose a life if all your normal balls are destroyed.
5: Barrels; Hit a barrel 5 times to destroy it, and make a jewel appear. Hit the Jewel for 5000 points.

Treasure Hunt:
The ball will move randomly round the screen until it hits one of the Treasure Chests. Each chest has a different value, with a maximum point bonus of 10,000 available.
 

The Rainforest:

1: Left Stone; Hit the left stone to get a random bonus, decided by the symbol that appears below it. The bonus can range from 100 to 1000 points.
2: Sacred Stones; Hit the sacred stones to spin the fruit machine style game found below it. Here's a list of the bonuses:
1=Octopus 2=Right Facing Penguin 3=Left Facing Penguin 4=Dolphin 5=Shark
1-1-? = 50 Points 1-1-1 = 250 Points
2-2-? = 100 Points 2-2-2 = 500 Points
3-3-? = 250 Points 3-3-3 = Creates 3 500 Point Targets
4-4-? = Creates Multiball Target 4-4-4 = Multiball
5-5-? = Creates Extra Ball Target 5-5-5 = Extra Ball
3: Right Stone; Hit the right stone five times to advanced to a random choice of one of the three bonus games below.
4: Trees; Hit the tree once to set on fire. Hit the flaming tree for the Forest Fire bonus of 500 points.

Bonus Game 1: Egg Cracking;
Hit an egg 3 times to crack, hatch and then destroy it. You get 50 points for hitting an egg, 400 points for destroying one.
Keep the ball in play as long as possible to score as much as you can.

Bonus Game 2: Dactyl Killer;
Bounce the balls the gorillas throw at you back into the Dactyl to destroy the ball and hurt the Dactyl. You get 100 points for hitting the Dactyl, 4000 points if you kill it.
Watch out though as the gorillas won't stop throwing balls, and if one touches the bottom the game ends.
Bonus Game 3: Coconut Catch;
Catch the balls the gorillas through at you. When caught with the bat the balls are destroyed and you score 100 points. The gorillas will throw 25 balls in total before running out of ammo.
 

The Wild West:

1: The Varmints; Destroy all the varmints for this levels multiball.
2: The Saloon; Hit the Saloon 8 time to advance to the saloon subgame.
3: Revolvers and Shotgun; Hit the revolvers to double the shotgun bonus. Hit the Shotgun to collect and reset the shotgun bonus.
4: Cannon, Sheriff, and Treasure Chest; Hit the cannon, to fire a ball, which will wake the sheriff, and cause him to shoot the treasure chest. When the treasure chest is hit it will shoot out a coin you can catch with the bat for 2000 points.

Saloon Sub Game;
In this game the screen is split in two, and you have a ball and a paddle on each side of the screen. If either ball drops out of play the game ends.
Hit the chests to destroy them and get 2500 points. The bars earn you 200 points every time they're hit, the coins 250 points.
 

The Great Wall:

1: Yellow Bricks; Normal Bricks, hit them with the ball to destroy them.
2: Orange Bricks; Special Blocks with various bonuses inside. See Below for a full list.
3: Silver Bricks; Bricks which can't be destroyed.
4: Top of the screen; Hit the top of the screen 6 times to advance to the next level. Each level has a password you can enter using the  menu bar at the top of the title screen and level select screen.
Orange Bonus Blocks;
Yellow Bricks;
Orange bricks with yellow bricks inside. They need to be hit once to reveal the yellow brick, and a second time to destroy the yellow brick.

Point Bonus;
Orange bricks that give you bonus points when destroyed.

Multiball;
Gives you a multiball bonus.
Extraball;
Give you an extraball.

Safety Block;
Creates a safety block at the bottom of the screen, to stop the ball leaving the bottom of the screen. Once a ball bounces off it, it's destroyed.
Safety Bat;
Creates a safety bat, to stop the ball, at he bottom of the screen for a short time.
Slow Ball;
Slows the ball down for a short time.
Wrecking Ball;
A blue ball which ploughs through yellow bricks, instead of bouncing off them, allowing you to clear them quickly.
Please Note: Keeping a wrecking ball in play won't stop you loosing a life when all your normal balls are destroyed.
Nitro Ball;
 A red ball that gives you 1000 points every time it bounces on the bat.
Please Note: Keeping a nitro ball in play won't stop you loosing a life when all your normal balls are destroyed.
Dynamite;
A very rare block that destroys a large number of other bricks on the same screen, but has side effects.
Great Wall Passwords - Highlight Below:
Level 1: ---- Level 6 : 3610
Level 2: 6421 Level 7 : 5289
Level 3 : 8910 Level 8 : 5551
Level 4 : 0462 Level 9 : 7243
Level 5 : 3471 Level 10: 9089
 

Cheats:
Highlight Below For Cheats;

Extra Balls:
Click in the mouth of the gargoyle on the top middle area of the level select screen for 5 balls instead of 3.
Blatant Plug:
Click on the door at the bottom left of the level select screen for a quick plug of my web site.
Hidden Level:
Click on the spiders web on the level select screen for a bonus level, called The Theatre.

Theatre Guide:
Helmets:
Hit the Helmets to knock them down. Catch them with the bat for 1000 points. Catch all 4 helmets for 5000 bonus points.
Cupids:
Hit the Cupids a total of 8 times for 5000 bonus points.
Secret Switch:
If you find the secret switch you release the blue ball. If you knock that in to the Page Boy on the right you get 5000 bonus points.