Editing Arkanoid (section)

===Commercial===
''Arkanoid'' became one of Taito's most profitable coin-operated games. In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed it as being the most popular arcade game of August 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=288|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 August 1986|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860801p.pdf#page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 August 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860815p.pdf#page=11|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|issue=289|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> and it remained the top-grossing [[table arcade cabinet]] for six months through September,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=290|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 September 1986|page=23|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860901p.pdf#page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 September 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860915p.pdf#page=11|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=291|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> October,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=292|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 October 1986|page=21|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861001p.pdf#page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 October 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861015p.pdf#page=16|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=293|page=31|lang=ja}}</ref> November<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=294|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1986|page=29|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861101p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=15 November 1986|title=Best Hit Games 25|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861115p.pdf#page=13|magazine=Game Machine|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|issue=295|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> and December 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=296|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 December 1986|page=23|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861201p.pdf#page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=297|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 December 1986|page=25|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19861215p.pdf#page=13}}</ref> up until February 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=301|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 February 1987|page=21|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870201p.pdf#page=11}}</ref> ''Arkanoid'' was Japan's highest-grossing table arcade game during the second half of 1986,<ref name="GM300">{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86 |magazine=Game Machine |issue=300 |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |date=15 January 1987 |page=16 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870115p.pdf#page=9}}</ref> and the overall sixth highest-grossing table [[1986 in video games|arcade game of 1986]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期 |trans-title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=288 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 July 1986 |page=28 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860715p.pdf#page=15}}</ref><ref name="GM300"/> It later went on to be the country's overall highest-grossing table [[1987 in video games|arcade game of 1987]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '87 |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=324 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1988 |page=20 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880115p.pdf#page=11}}</ref>

In the United States, it was the highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Compasio |first1=Camille |title=Around The Route |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=1987-11-14 |page=32 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox51unse_19/page/32 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was the fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1986 on [[London]]'s Electrocoin charts.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1986 Top Ten Coin-Ops |magazine=[[Sinclair User]] |date=18 January 1987 |issue=59 (February 1987) |page=96 |url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-059/page/n94/mode/1up}}</ref> ''Euromax'' listed it as being the third most popular arcade game in Europe during 1987.