Breakout-like
Game genre theme
A type of action game where player controls a pad - usually moving it along the bottom edge of the screen - and using it to bounce a ball up to destroy blocks with it while trying to prevent the ball from falling off screen.
659
games
97platforms
Alternate names: Casse-briques, ブロック崩し, Block Kuzushi, Arkanoid-like
Name variations: Arkanoid clone, Breakout clone
BBC 1987
C64 1988
C64 1984
C16 1988
ST 19??
CDI ? *
SPC 1988
CPC 1989
LIN 2006
WII 2008-06-16
DOS 1988
ORIC ? *
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Games by year
A | 1986 - First Arkanoid |
The first Breakout-like video game was released in 1976.
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Platforms
Linux | 64 | ||
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MS-DOS | 59 | ||
C64 | 51 | ||
Amiga | 42 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 34 | ||
Arcade | 29 | ||
Atari ST | 22 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 22 | ||
BBC | 22 | ||
Windows | 21 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 21 | ||
Apple II E | 15 | ||
MSX | 12 | ||
Commodore PET | 11 | ||
Tandy Coco | 11 | ||
NES | 9 | ||
Oric | 9 | ||
PS | 8 | ||
Flash | 8 | ||
C16/Plus4 | 8 | ||
BeOS | 7 | ||
Win3.1 | 6 | ||
Thomson | 6 | ||
Atari 2600 | 6 | ||
SNES | 5 | ||
GB | 5 | ||
BSD | 5 | ||
VIC-20 | 5 | ||
Atom | 5 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 5 |