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This and 'Level Warp' are the rarest power-ups in the game.Gives you an extra life (Paddle) but also removes the Laser Paddle and Grab Paddle Upgrades should you have them.

The single most common power-up in the game.Obviously you generally don't want to catch this 'power-up' unless you got many lives to spare and really want those 50 points for collecting it. All balls on the screen are frozen in place and will disappear once the next life starts. General Effects Instead of changing a specific part of the gameplay or the bricks of a single board, these power-ups have wide ranging effects that can make or break a run.Ĭatching this item destroys the paddle and you lose a life. If there is a board that contains only a single breakable brick, a charm will appear immediately upon starting that board.The brick counter that decides when a charm should appear only takes the number of breakable bricks into account that existed when the level begins and is unaffected the increase in breakable bricks caused by the 'zap bricks' and 'expand exploding' effects.That means in larger sets charms become a very important means of gaining points. For example the first charm you collect is worth 250 points but the 25th is worth 4000 points.The amount of points you get for collecting a charm is based on the total number of charms you collected throughout the set.It will not make the ball bounce off and cannot be hit with the laser paddle. Only a single charm appears per board.Ī charm can be collected by hitting it with the ball. If one of these power-ups is collected while the paddle is in the upper position, it will return to the lower position and the next time the ball hits the paddle is guaranteed to be a critical hit.Ĭharms are sprites that appear in a random location on the screen once more than three quarters of the board's breakable bricks have been destroyed.Jumping/Hitting is not possible with the Grab Paddle or Laser Paddle.this can be used for hitting the ball slightly earlier, getting more bounces and slightly different angling but is usually not especially helpful.Holding the left mouse button down will cause the paddle to stay in the upwards position.For critical hits it doesn't make a difference if the ball was hit with the main part of the paddle or only with a glancing blow from the side.Getting a critical hit will accelerate the ball up to 'super speed' for at least one second. Hitting the ball with exact timing will result in a critical hit with a different sound and sparks (if the timing was only slightly off, you will still get the sparks but not the sound). This can be used to hit the ball harder and increase its speed, making a more 'aggressive' play style possible. The New Punch PaddleIn the 20th anniversary edition you can make the standard paddle 'jump' by clicking the left mouse button. The Eight Ball power-up accelerates the balls it splits off to super-speed, but only for a very short time.It might seem like destroying Multi-hit Bricks with one hit is sacrificing points but the point gain for hitting the bricks at high speeds tends to outweigh the 4 points you gain for breaking through the first 2 states (See also: Brick Types and Points and Scoring).In this state the ball gains a new 'shattering' sound when breaking bricks and most importantly the ability to destroy the bricks that usually take multiple hits in only one hit. At a speeds above 21 the ball will gain a white particle trail and enter what I like to call a 'super speed' state. Higher speeds than 18 can be achieved by using, among other things, the Punch Paddle or the Fast Ball power-up which can accelerate the ball up to values of 25 and 23 respectively. The lowest regular ball speed is 9, just after taking the Slow Ball power-up. Long amounts of air time without any bounces will lower the value again, but only very rarely below 17 and 16. As the ball bounces around the level it will naturally accelerate up to a speed of 18. When you first release the ball from your paddle at the start of a board, the ball will have a base speed of 13. Whenever I give a numerical value for the speed of the ball the number will be based on the amount of points the default ball as played by a default size paddle will gain you when destroying a normal brick in that specific moment, as this value directly correlates to speed. Ball SpeedThe speed of the ball is an important part of the game, both in terms of gameplay and in terms of score.

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