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Atari 2600

Breakout - Breakaway IV

1978 · Sears · Breakout · 1-4 players

About

In Breakout, there is a wall of bricks along the top of the screen and your goal is to destroy the entire wall one brick at a time! To do this, you control a paddle at the bottom of the screen which is used to reflect a bouncing ball into the bricks. When the ball hits a brick, it will destroy it. You start with five balls, and the game ends when all five fall off the bottom of the screen. Also included are several game variations, including breakthru (the ball will go straight through bricks instead of bouncing back), timed breakout (you have a time limit to gain as many points as you can), and invisible breakout (the bricks are only visible for a short while after one of them is hit). Other variations allow you to catch the ball or control the direction of the ball.

Gallery

Breakout - Breakaway IV — Box front
Box front
Breakout - Breakaway IV — Box back
Box back
Breakout - Breakaway IV — Title screen
Title screen
Breakout - Breakaway IV — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Sears
Publisher
Atari
Genre
Breakout
Players
1-4
Release Date
January 1, 1978
System
Atari 2600

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