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Breakout

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Game Information

Original Release Date: May 13, 1976

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, AY-3-8606, MSX

Involved Companies: Atari, General Instrument Microelectronic, Atari, ASCII Corporation, Namco

Genres: Arcade

Summary: 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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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).