Game

Breakout (1976)

Arcade

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.

Studio

Developer

Atari

Publishers

Namco

Atari

ASCII Corporation

Platforms

Arcade Atari2600 MSX AY-3-8606

Gameplay

Modes

Single player Multiplayer

Themes

Action Science fiction

Perspective

Side view

Age rating

OTHER