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staff Steve Bristow (conception), Nolan Bushnell, Steve Jobs
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131820/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=314 2023-03-22

Breakout was a real breakthrough in videogame industry (easy). Despite the fact the people were starting to get bored of ball & paddle games which were here since 1972 (with Pong), Breakout renewed the genre with a new concept: a wall to destroy!

Nolan Bushnell, Atari's founder, wanted to turn Pong into a single player game.

Of course the game generated a vast legacy including the famous Arkanoid.