Emerging steaming hot from the cauldron is a terrific little piece of homebrew called PSPLBreakout2, and, like its name wholeheartedly suggests, it’s a rendition of Breakout: That game with all the little bricks up top, the paddle on the bottom, and a ball bouncing back and forth in between. Its programmer, the undeniably talented Michael Speck, who masquerades in the tumultuous homebrew underworld as Gandji, has included a bunch of cool power-ups and dangerous power-downs to make the game a little more interesting. Now, most Breakout clones include prize drops, so it’s up to the brewer to make them uniquely interesting.

In PSPLBreakout2, you’ll be blasting through layered brick structures as always, and you’ll be scrambling to catch happy, hopeful green bonus power-ups. At the same time, you’ll be trying your darndest to avoid the angry, evil red power-downs. You’ll also be given the opportunity to take chances with mysterious question-mark drops, which promise treasures (or trifles) galore.

That’s the run-down. Grab the download package right here to give this one a spin, and decide for yourselves: Is this the definitive homebrew breakout clone of the millennium?

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