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Breakout
| Title | Breakout |
|---|---|
| First release | 1976 |
| Developer | Atari, Inc. |
| Publisher | Atari, Inc. |
| Platforms | Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, PC (Windows) |
| Genres | Breakout clone, action game |
| Players | 1–2 players |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | Arcade: 1976-05-13 (NTSC-U) Atari 2600: 1978-09-07 (NTSC-U) |
| Wikidata ID | Q177491 |
Manipulate a horizontally moveable paddle to bounce a ball upward and strike a multilayered wall of bricks. Destroying these bricks clears the top of the screen, but letting the ball touch the bottom results in a lost turn. Players must defend the bottom edge to avoid losing five balls and ending the game.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
Arcade Database ADB
| MAME romset | breakout |
|---|---|
| Title at ADB | Breakout |
| Manufacturer | Atari |
| Year | 1976 |
| Genre | TTL * Ball & Paddle / Breakout |
| Players | 2 |
| MAME driver status | GOOD |
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Atari); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo ·
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romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) ·
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Box art
Box art (front) 1
Box art 3
Screenshots 6
Logos 2
Artwork 1
Commons 1
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only.
REG-Vault page
Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots
(4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atari, Inc. · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Image: Original uploader was Wilinckx,
GPL,
via Wikimedia Commons (“Screenshot-LBreakout2.jpg”)
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Arcade Game: Breakout (1976 Atari)
Atari 2600 Game: Breakout (Aka Breakaway IV) 1978 (Atari)
