''Nervous Brickdown'' is a '' Breakout'' clone video game developed by the French team Arkedo Studio and published by

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for

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in 2007.

Game modes

The game features three different modes: Arcade, which is a succession of levels set in 10 different worlds; Multi, which allows up to two players to play the game together, and Shuffle, which chooses five levels randomly for the player to play.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the

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. In Japan, where the game was ported and published by

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on January 24, 2008, ''

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'' gave it a score of two eights, one seven, and one six for a total of 29 out of 40.

Notes

: Known in Japan as

References

External links

Arkedo website

An interview conducted by a French video game journalist during the development of ''Nervous Brickdown''
(French) *

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