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McNally, along with Michael P. Welch (creator of Pocket Tanks), developed DX-Ball, a freeware computer game for the PC first released in 1996. The game, originally based on an earlier series of Amiga games known as MegaBall, is patterned after classic ball-and-paddle arcade games such as Breakout and Arkanoid.
Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders marks the first time that Arkanoid and Space Invaders have crossed-over. The game was originally free to play for the LINE service. Other Taito characters cameo as powerups such as Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble, Chack’n and Monsta from Chack'n Pop, Iron Fossil from Dariusburst and Tiki from The NewZealand Story.
Arkanoid [a] is a 1986 block breaker arcade game developed and published by Taito.In North America, it was published by Romstar.Controlling a paddle-like craft known as the Vaus, the player is tasked with clearing a formation of colorful blocks by deflecting a ball towards it without letting the ball leave the bottom edge of the playfield.
Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows.The games were originally developed by Taito.The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation.
Krakout is a Breakout clone that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Thomson computers and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced Breakout variants to emerge in the wake of Arkanoid, its key distinctions are that gameplay is horizontal in layout, and that it allows the player to select the acceleration characteristics of the bat before playing.
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Breakout was an influential game that had an impact on the video game and computer industries. Breakout spawned an entire genre of clones. Ten years later, the concept found new legs with Taito's 1986 Arkanoid, which itself spawned dozens of imitators. In Japan, the genre is known as block kuzushi ("block breaker") games.
Defender is a 1981 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Williams Electronics for arcades.The game is set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.