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Breakout (1976)

AY-3-8606 · Arcade · Atari 2600 · MSX

3.15 from 117 ratings

252 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 24 backlogged · 19 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h (from 1 logged playthrough)

The objective of the game is to destroy a multilayered wall of bricks at the top the screen. Upon hitting the bricks with a ball which bounces off of a paddle at the bottom of the screen the bricks are destroyed. If the player misses the ball with his horizontally moveable paddle the ball is lost. After loosing five balls the game is over.

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Details

Developers: Atari
Publishers: ASCII Corporation, Atari, Namco
Genres: Arcade
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Breakout

Release dates

May 13, 1976 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
1977 (Full Release) (North_America) AY-3-8606
1978 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 2600
1983 (Full Release) (Europe) MSX

Also available on

Breakout (1977) · APL2
Arcade Game Piggy Bank: Atari Breakout (2008) · Handheld Electronic LCD

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+21 more

Remakes

Breakout: Recharged (Feb 2022) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
Neo Breakout (Nov 2022) · NSW, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE

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Rating distribution

5 stars

12

4 stars

19

3 stars

64

2 stars

19

1 star

3

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Community All Reviews Statuses

Status internpepper Feb 15, 2021

The one that started it all. Future versions definitely have more variety, but gotta give credit where credit is due.

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