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Breakout

by Atari·published by Atari, ASCII Corporation, Namco

1 May 1976Everyone2
PCWindowsAtari 2600XboxXbox 360ArcadeAntstreamAtari VCS

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6.5/ 10

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About

In Breakout, there is a wall of bricks along the top of the screen and your goal is to destroy the entire wall one brick at a time! To do this, you control a paddle at the bottom of the screen which is used to reflect a bouncing ball into the bricks. When the ball hits a brick, it will destroy it. You start with five balls, and the game ends when all five fall off the bottom of the screen. Also included are several game variations, including breakthru (the ball will go straight through bricks instead of bouncing back), timed breakout (you have a time limit to gain as many points as you can), and invisible breakout (the bricks are only visible for a short while after one of them is hit). Other variations allow you to catch the ball or control the direction of the ball.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Side view

Players

4 offline

Included in

Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 2Super WipeoutAtari VaultTournament TableAtari Greatest Hits: Volume 2Centipede/Breakout/WarlordsActivision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3Atari 50: The Anniversary CelebrationAtari Retro Handheld Console: Pac-Man EditionTiny Arcade: Atari 2600AtariAtariAtari FlashbackAtari Flashback XAtari Flashback 4Atari Flashback 4: 40th Anniversary - Deluxe EditionAtari Flashback 6Atari Flashback 8 Gold: Activision EditionAtari Flashback X DeluxeAtari Retro Handheld Console

Ported as

BreakoutArcade Game Piggy Bank: Atari Breakout

Remade as

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English

Game details

Media Type

Download

Box art

Also known as

Breakaway IVSears Tele-Games release

CrashVideo Games GmbH German release

Scratch!Universal Japanese standing cabinet release

Super BlockTaito Japanese release (cabinet)

Super Breakout: Classic Play/All New Way!Windows tag-lined title

T.T. BlockTaito Japanese release (cocktail table)

Table ScratchUniversal Japanese cocktail cabinet release

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Facts

Developer

Atari

Released

1 May 1976

Series

Breakout

Platforms

PCWindowsAtari 2600XboxXbox 360ArcadeAntstreamAtari VCS

Age ratings

ESRBEveryone

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Tags

Side viewFixed / flip-screenArcadePaddle / PongDirect control