Play Double Point Online

I first saw Double Point at a local arcade in 1992, a machine tucked between the bigger names of the era. It was developed and published by Arcade Innovations, a company that put out a handful of solid, if not always memorable, titles. The cabinet wasn't flashy, but it had a certain pull, a clean aesthetic that stood out from the more garish designs around it.

You control two paddles, one on each side of the screen, with a single joystick; moving it left or right shifts both paddles in unison to keep a single block bouncing between them. The main objective is to survive as long as possible, deflecting the block to break rows of bricks that slowly descend from the top. Your signature tools are a risky power-up system, where you must briefly drop a paddle to catch a falling icon, and screen-clearing bombs that are rare but essential. The pacing is brutal; the block accelerates quickly, and the descending playfield gives you a constant, suffocating deadline. It feels like a tense, high-stakes balancing act where one mistimed move ends everything.