Reviews

Budget Breakout clone from 1989 with too many better predecessors on the Spectrum to be worth much consideration.
Neat and clean graphics are an advantage over Arkanoid but that's where it ends. Movement is a bit random, occasional invisible bat syndrome, but the ball speeds up too steeply, and often changes up and down through the gears mid air.
I reached level 12 out of 35 but primarily because of the B = next level power up.
Level design is average at best, but the big issue with Crack Up is that for easiest progress it is advisable to avoid the more exciting power ups - for two balls or a slow lasergun - in favour of the more mundane ones to slow the ball down or grip it on the bat.
A few extra marks for the Sunday Sport stylee game title.

Just another Breakout/Arkanoid clone.
2,5/5

The first level is so boring that I couldn't even finish it. Graphics is dull, there are no nasties to entertain you, and your ball is square. Added one point for a square ball, and it's 2 now, i.e. "poor".