---
title: Breakout
tags:
- ball and paddle
- breakout
years:
- '1977'
params:
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1977'
  - label: companies
    value: Atari
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: built-in system
  - label: systems
    value: Atari Video-Pinball (C380)
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 player
  screenshots:
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  machines:
  - /museum/epoch-tv-block
  company: /companies/epoch
  oc_id: 363
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230307164517/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=363
    date: '2023-03-07'
---

Official adaptation of the Atari arcade hit, Breakout.

Here there are 6 brick rows, 2 red rows, 2 green rows and 2 yellow rows. Red bricks score 7 points, green bricks 4 points and yellow bricks 1 point.

There are 4 options available:\
\- Option 1: the paddle is regular size, you have seven balls\
\- Option 2: the paddle is regular size, you have five balls\
\- Option 3: the paddle is half size, you have five balls\
\- Option 4: the paddle is half size, you have three balls

The paddle is controled by the big dial on the console