Breakout (1976) image from RAWG

Image from this RAWG record. Powered by RAWG.

  1. Home
  2. Game Boy
  3. Breakout (1976)

Breakout (1976)

  • 1976
  • Game Boy
  • See the RAWG record
  • 8-bit handheld
  • 4th generation

History

Atari's Breakout (1976) clears a brick wall with a ball and a paddle, and Steve Wozniak's prototype for the company is part of its origin story. Any Game Boy edition is a distant port of that arcade idea.

The ball speeds up as bricks vanish, and a missed return costs one of a few turns. Colored rows at the top of the wall score more than the dull bricks near the paddle.

Wozniak's early build and the arcade cabinet are the story's start. The handheld cart replays the same wall without being the machine that introduced it.

Related in this catalog

Same series is the tight name match. Same franchise is the wider family. Same platform is other games on the systems named above.

Same series

None in this catalog yet.

Same franchise

No wider family is grouped for this title beyond the series list.

Same platform

RAWG record

RAWG rating3.27 / 5
Ratings23
RAWG date1976-01-01
ESRB on RAWGNot listed
GenresArcade
DevelopersNot listed
PublishersNot listed
Platforms on RAWGplaystation1, game-boy-advance, game-boy, commodore-amiga, atari-2600, atari-flashback, atari-st

Facts in this grid are RAWG's, not our review. Open the RAWG record. RAWG.

Images from RAWG

Screenshot of Breakout (1976) from RAWGScreenshot of Breakout (1976) from RAWG

Screenshots from this RAWG record. Powered by RAWG.

Official option

Switch Online

Official option

Nintendo publishes a classics library for this era on Nintendo Switch Online. Confirm this title is still in the current library. Where to Play does not host this game.

Nintendo Switch Online overview Official site

We don't host this game. Confirm the title is still offered before you rely on a library note.