Assorted trivia regarding Arkanoid:
* It was released in 1986 by Taito, and licensed to Romstar for release in the US.
* Many bootleg versions appeared after its release. These typically changed the copyright notice from "Taito" to "Tayto" (which is an Irish potato chip manufacturer).
* The original did not support cocktail mode, but the bootlegs usually did. As a result Taito released "Arkanoid Tournament" in 1987, which was simply the original with cocktail mode support.