Breakout for Atari 2600

Atari 2600

Action arcade ball-and-paddle
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Breakout

Online version of Breakout for Atari 2600. Breakout is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1976 as coin-op cabinet. It was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 arcade game Pong. In the game, a layer of bricks lines the top third of the screen. A ball travels across the screen, bouncing off the top and side walls of the screen. When a brick is hit, the ball bounces away and the brick is destroyed. The player loses a turn when the ball touches the bottom of the screen...

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Released in
1976
Publisher
Atari, Inc.
Developer
Atari, Inc.
Platforms
Arcade (1976), Atari 2600 (1978)
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Breakout is currently playable only in version for Atari 2600.

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Online emulated version of Breakout was originally developed for the Atari 2600 branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) until November 1982 - home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released on September 11, 1977, it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on ROM cartridges. The VCS was bundled with two joystick controllers, a conjoined pair of paddle controllers, and a game cartridge: initially Combat, and later Pac-Man.

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