Breakout-like

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.

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

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

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

Platforms

Linux		64
MS-DOS		59
C64		52
Amiga		42
Amstrad CPC		35
Arcade		29
ZX Spectrum		22
BBC		22
Atari ST		22
Windows		21
Mac OS Classic		21
Apple II E		15
MSX		12
Tandy Coco		11
Commodore PET		11
NES		9
Oric		9
C16/Plus4		8
PS		8
Flash		8
BeOS		7
Atari 400/800		6
Atari 2600		6
Win3.1		6
Thomson		6
3DS		6
Apple IIGS		5
NEC PC9801		5
SNES		5
GB		5

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