Breakout

1976 Atari arcade game

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Breakout is an arcade game developed and published by Atari. It was released in 1976, with specific dates cited as May 13 and January 1 of that year. The title supports both single-player and multiplayer game modes.

The game has received ratings of 3.28 from RAWG and 73 from IGDB, based on 49 user reviews. It is available on numerous platforms, including the Atari 2600, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Commodore, Amiga, Atari Flashback, Atari ST, MSX, and the AY-3-8606. ASCII Corporation and Namco are also listed as publishers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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It sits within the topics 1976 video games, Arcade video games and Atari 2600 games.

Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.

Game data

Released: 1976-01-01
User rating: 3.28 / 5
Genres: Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari Flashback, Atari ST

via RAWG

Game details · IGDB

73User score · 49 ratings

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.

Released: 1976
Genres: Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, AY-3-8606, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Developer: Atari, Atari
Publisher: Atari, ASCII Corporation, Namco

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