Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh/Gameplay

Pills

Occasionally, a powerup will be dropped in a pill that rolls down the screen. The effects of the pull depend on the type of pill:

B (Pink) - "Break"

Opens the two warp gates at the bottom of the screen, allowing access to the next level.

P (Dark Grey) - "Player Extend"

Gives you an additional Vaus.

C (Light Green) - "Catch"

Enables the Vaus to catch the energy ball, move to another position, and relaunch it by pressing the fire button. If you hesitate too long, the Vaus will release the ball on its own.

D (Light Blue) - "Disruption"

Splits the energy ball into eight particles (unlike in the original game, where this pill split the energy ball into only three particles).

M (Purple) - "Mega"

Turns the normal energy ball into a red (black in the PC version) "mega energy ball", which can destroy even indestructible bricks and will only bounce back after hitting the sides or ceiling of the chamber.

E (Medium Blue) - "Expand"

Expands the Vaus to double its size.

R (Black) - "Reduce"

Shrinks the Vaus to half its size, but every block you destroy doubles in point value.

L (Red) - "Laser"

Enables the Vaus to fire laser beams that destroy most bricks. Press the fire button to shoot.

T (Dark Blue) - "Twin"

The Vaus physically splits in two, with a small gap in between.

S (Orange) - "Slow"

Temporarily slows down the speed of the energy ball. The energy ball will speed up upon hitting the ceiling of the chamber, making this pill unhelpful in some levels. On the other hand, the energy ball speeds up much more quickly and rapidly in this game than in the original, making it helpful to extend a normal playing speed.

I (Dark Green) - "Illusion"

Creates transparent grey shadows at the bottom of the screen that follow the Vaus around. It will deflect energy balls with no control of the rebound direction, but greatly expands the functional area of the Vaus.

N (Light Grey) - "New"

Continually splits the energy ball into three particles until the Vaus catches another pill. This is very helpful on some levels.

Flashing pill

This special pill will randomly produce one of the following five results:

1. 40 energy balls;
2. 25 mega balls;
3. 8 regenerating energy balls
4. Continuous laser fire
5. Continuous swarm of 15 floating enemies, which hinder level completion.

When you collect a new pill, the effects of the previous pill will expire. However, the results of the pills remain, such as additional balls on the screen.