Cool Bricks
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| Cool Bricks | |
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| Developer | Pukka Games |
| Publisher | SCi Games |
| Platform | Game Boy Color |
| Release | 1 December 1999 |
| Genre | Block breaker |
| Mode | Single-player |
Cool Bricks is a 1999 block breaker game developed by Pukka Games and published by SCi Games. The game is an adaptation of the arcade game Breakout for the Game Boy Color.
Cool Bricks is a puzzle game requires the player to use a bat to guide a ball to break bricks to progress. Compared to Breakout, Cool Bricks features the inclusion of varied weapons, such as laser guns, missiles, grenade launchers, larger bats or multiple balls,[1] and the addition of power-ups with positive and negative effects, such as a 'poison mode' that causes involuntary player movement.[2] The game features over 150 levels with a password system to allow for returning to certain stages.[3] The graphics of Cool Bricks are programmed to make use of a 'high-color mode' in the Game Boy Color that allows the device to display 2,000 instead of 50 colors on screen, by compromising with reduced animations.[4]