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
97
platforms

Alternate names: Casse-briques, ブロック崩し, Block Kuzushi, Arkanoid-like
Name variations: Arkanoid clone, Breakout clone

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Nameless genres

Games by year

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A1986 - First Arkanoid

The first Breakout-like video game was released in 1976.

Taito, Imagine and CP Verlag published most of these games.

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Platforms

Linux 64
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