Comparison video of Arkanoid / アルカノイド (Taito 1986), featuring gameplay of one level of the following versions:

0:00 Arcade (1986)
1:27 Nintendo NES / Famicom (1986)
2:30 NEC PC8801mkII SR (1986)
3:44 NEC PC9801F (1987)
5:26 Amiga (1987)
6:36 Atari ST (1987)
7:58 Commodore 64 / C64 (1987)
9:05 Amstrad CPC (1987)
10:53 ZX Spectrum (1987)
12:08 Atari 8bit family (1987)
12:58 BBC Micro (1987)
14:09 Thomson MO/TO (1987)
15:06 MSX (1987)
15:59 PC DOS (CGA) (1988)
17:36 PC DOS (Tandy) (1988)
18:37 Macintosh (1988)
19:38 Apple IIGS (1988)
21:12 Apple II (1988)
23:01 TRS80 CoCo 1 / 2 (1989)
24:16 TRS80 CoCo 3 (1989)
25:26 J2ME (2002)
26:08 Flash (2005)
27:18 J2ME (2006)
28:19 J2ME (Arkanoid DX) (2007)

The CGA version featured in the video uses PC Speaker to play audio. Instead of the EGA configuration, we decided to record the Tandy one for a better sound quality. The EGA version would look identical to the Tandy version but with the PC Speaker sound.

Which is your favorite version? Which one do you think is the best Arcade port?

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