Tetrominout is a mash-up of two classic games: Tetris and Breakout. This hybrid homebrew game for the DS is the brainchild of developer Karakh. The objective here is just like in Tetris: you have to create lines using the shaped blocks that fall one after the other. The Breakout part comes in the form of a ball that will obliterate what you've constructed so far.

Download: Tetrominout

If you love playing classic arcade games such as Arkanoid or Breakout, then you shouldn't miss out on their homebrew incarnations for the DS. Check out BlockBust, an Arkanoid clone for DS by homebrew developer Gungnir. More details in the full article.


Download: BlockBust

Developer sephiroth_ff7 has decided to go old-school with the latest release of Cube Breakout version 3.7, a throwback of the classic Breakout game along with its 3D variants. While the game's best features include the 3D and 4D game modes, the newest version includes the classic mode similar to Atari's original release. This version is also a bugfix release according to the homebrew dev.

Check out this old-school classic right after the jump!


Download: Cube Breakout v3.7

 

A homebrew game developer for the Nintendo DS, TOM has recently released a "Game Collection" for the DS. The package is a collection of six mini games which could be played in different levels. The mini games included are the following:

• TouchIt: Touch the squares at the screen; 12 levels
• Snake; 12 levels
• Farm: Protect the squares with the stylus; 6 levels
• Breakout; 8 levels
• Tetris; 10 levels
• Frogger; 4 levels

There are also two game modes that you can choose to play - time mode (play until time has lapsed) and highscore mode (play only one game level over and over again until you reach the highscore). The whole game could be played in English or German. If you wanna know more about it, you could check out its in-game manual or its forum release thread which you can access via the link below.

Download: "Game Collection" for DS

  

Remember a couple of weeks ago when scognito2 had released his Neoflash competition homebrew entry? Well, he's updated it! And he's giving you Breakout DS, now with a Super Mario spin to it: music, menu, backgrounds, and even power-ups! For those of you who aren't too familiar with his previous version, here's everything you need to know:

Control Types:

• D-pad for moving the paddle left-right
  
• Stylus input moves the paddle, tap the ball for launch it
  

Game Modes:

• Normal mode: clear 10 levels, each one with its song and background, from mario 1 to super mario world 2
• Random mode: infinite levels, random generated
• Custom mode: draw your levels and play with them! (10 max)

Difficulty Levels:

• Hard: If you lose a life all the bricks will respawn
• Easy: If you lose a life all the bricks will NOT respawn

Powerups:

• Red mushroom: double size
• Blue mushroom: half size
• Fire flower: super ball
• Magnet: you can catch the ball

The developer has released some known issues, and please note that all save types (levels, hall of fame) are in ram, meaning when you switch off your DS everything will be cleared. Also, the music restarts when the game is paused. It doesn't loop because palib doesn't support the feature to know if a channel is busy.

It's interesting how he was able to incorporate the mushroom and the flower power-ups into his game. The custom level feature works like a charm and maybe in the future, he can expand that feature to custom themes (not just levels)! Like a Metroid theme or something. That would be cool!

Download: [Breakout DS - Mario Themed]

Karate Kid? Nah. Too 80s. Enter the Dragon? Too serious. Xiaolin Showdown? Just the right mix. You can be one of Master Fung's dragon-in-training as you play Konami's game for the DS of the same title. Take on the characters of Omi, Raimundo Pedrosa, Kimiko Tohomiko or Clay Bailey as they fight against the evil that is Jack Spicer. Release date is sometime in November.

Craig Harris of IGN describes this game being developed by Razorback as a "Double Dragon style brawler done in an isometric ¾ view." The demo has demonstrated some good and bad points. Characters were a bit slow in movement and collision detection was off, but, smashing, lifting and throwing objects at enemies or at switches are fine and comes a lot into the game's early stages.

You can also treat yourselves to a variety of mini-games like "Wind Hockey" which is a touch screen version of air hockey, a "Breakout" challenge, a four player top-down challenge and bowling, that shows the most potential among the others mentioned. All these games will be unlockable in the main game as well as being fully playable outside of the battle. It supports the DS' download play feature for a high kicking multiplayer showdown.

  

Here's a great little game that has been released in the DS Game section of the Neoflash homebrew coding competition. This classic Arkanoid/Breakout clone sees you using the paddle to bounce the ball and destroy the bricks. With this game by scognito2, you can use the stylus or the d-pad to move the paddle, whichever one suits you best.

This version comes with two modes: normal mode with 10 levels, and random generated level (infinite levels). Bonuses included are: double size, half size, fireball and magnet. If you have ever player Arkanoid or Breakout, which I'm sure most of you have, then you will undoubtedly enjoy this title. Considering that this is scognito2's first attempt at a DS game, he deserves to do well in the Neoflash competition.

Download: [Breakout DS]

Break'em All, by D3, is the Breakout/Arkanoid clone coming out for the Nintendo DS. Break'em All offers classic arcade puzzle solving action, as players fight their way through multiple levels and out-duel challenging bosses. Three unique gameplay modes such as Tokoton, Quest and Survival offer compelling single player action or multiplayer games for 2-8 players via the wireless feature for Nintendo DS. Players will control their paddle with pin-point accuracy using the touch pad and stylus and select from diverse bonus powers to power-up their ball. The game will be released on June 20th, but until then go ahead and check out some of the screenshots below by clicking on the thumbnails.