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Breakout

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71%Game Brain Score
71% User Score Based on 49 reviews

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Atari 2600Msx
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About Breakout

Breakout is a single player and multiplayer action game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Atari and was released on May 13, 1976. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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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Breakout is a action game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Breakout include science.

Breakout is available on Atari 2600 and Msx.

Breakout was released on May 13, 1976.

Breakout was developed by Atari.

Breakout has received mostly positive reviews from players.

Breakout is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Slab, Reaxxion, Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge, Shatter, Ball of Wonder and others.