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Since the release of the original ''[[Breakout]]'' [[arcade game]] in [[1976]], there have been notable [[Clone (video games)|clones]] and updates for various platforms. A '''''Breakout'' clone''' (also known as a '''''Breakout''-style game'''<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics/><ref name=gspy_breakout/>), is a sub class of the "bat and ball" genre of games<ref name=arkanoidreview>{{cite web |title =Good Old fashioned Ball-Bashing Fun!| publisher =dooyoo | url =http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/amiga-game/arkanoid/227200/ | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-05 }}</ref><ref name=eidos>{{cite web | title =Eidos Announce Nervous Brickdown | publisher =Kotaku | date =May 5th, 2007 | url =http://kotaku.com/gaming/balls-to-the-wall/eidos-has-a-nervous-brickdown-258908.php | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-05 }}</ref><ref name=ballandbat>{{cite web |title =Pulsoids for the Oric | publisher =Oldschool Gaming | url =http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_review.php?rev=oric_pulsoids | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref>started by the [[Magnavox Odyssey]]'s ''Tennis'' and Atari's [[Pong]].<ref name=tennis>{{cite web |title =3d Ping Pong | publisher =Playracketsports.com | url =http://www.playracketsports.com/online-table-tennis-game/3d-ping-pong.html | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref><ref name=gamasutra>{{cite web | last =Maddox | first =Chris | title =Ball Rush 2, Slowly moving towards mediocrity | publisher =Pocket Gamer | url =http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/review_printable.asp?c=3324 | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref><ref name=edge>{{cite web | title =What makes a true gaming classic? | publisher =[[Edge (magazine) | Edge Online]] | url =http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2006/10/what_makes_a_tr.php | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref> The genre gets its name by the games being based around the dynamics of a player controlled block, called a "bat" or a paddle, which hits a ball towards another player's bat or game specific object.
Since the release of the original ''[[Breakout]]'' [[arcade game]] in [[1976]], there have been notable [[Clone (video games)|clones]] and updates for various platforms. A '''''Breakout'' clone''' (also known as a '''''Breakout''-style game'''<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics/><ref name=gspy_breakout/>), is a sub class of the "bat and ball" genre of games<ref name=arkanoidreview>{{cite web |title =Good Old fashioned Ball-Bashing Fun!| publisher =dooyoo | url =http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/amiga-game/arkanoid/227200/ | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-05 }}</ref><ref name=eidos>{{cite web | title =Eidos Announce Nervous Brickdown | publisher =Kotaku | date =May 5th, 2007 | url =http://kotaku.com/gaming/balls-to-the-wall/eidos-has-a-nervous-brickdown-258908.php | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-05 }}</ref><ref name=ballandbat>{{cite web |title =Pulsoids for the Oric | publisher =Oldschool Gaming | url =http://www.oldschool-gaming.com/view_review.php?rev=oric_pulsoids | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref>started by the [[Magnavox Odyssey]]'s ''Tennis'' and Atari's [[Pong]].<ref name=gamasutra_ralphbaer>{{cite web | last =Hawkins | first =Matthew | title ="The Father of Home Video Games": Ralph Baer | publisher =[[Gamasutra]] | date =April 24, 2006 | url =http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060424/hawkins_01.shtml | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-6 }}</ref><ref name=tennis>{{cite web |title =3d Ping Pong | publisher =Playracketsports.com | url =http://www.playracketsports.com/online-table-tennis-game/3d-ping-pong.html | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref><ref name=gamasutra>{{cite web | last =Maddox | first =Chris | title =Ball Rush 2, Slowly moving towards mediocrity | publisher =Pocket Gamer | url =http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/review_printable.asp?c=3324 | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref><ref name=edge>{{cite web | title =What makes a true gaming classic? | publisher =[[Edge (magazine) | Edge Online]] | url =http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2006/10/what_makes_a_tr.php | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-12-5 }}</ref> The genre gets its name by the games being based around the dynamics of a player controlled block, called a "bat" or a paddle, which hits a ball towards another player's bat or game specific object.


''Breakout''-style games are characterized by the addition of a wall of blocks or similar objects, that the player chips away at with the ball as part of the main game play.<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics>{{cite web | last =Nelson | first =Mark | title =Breaking Down Breakout: System And Level Design For Breakout-style Games | publisher =[[Gamasutra]] | url =http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1630/breaking_down_breakout_system_and_.php?print=1 | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref> The profusion and notability of such games has been sufficient enough for them also be referred to by some as a [[video game genres|genre]] in their own right.<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics /><ref name=gspy_breakout>{{cite web | last =Durham | first =Joel | title =Breakout-Style Games - Download This! - Issue #3 | publisher =[[GameSpy]] | date =Aug. 2, 2005 | url =http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/638/638125p1.html | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref><ref name=1up_brickdown>{{cite web | last =Balistrieri | first =Emily | title =Previews: Nervous Brickdown - We check out the latest "Breakout clone" on DS that isn't a clone. | publisher =[[1UP.com]] | date =May 25, 2007 | url =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1UP.com | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref>. However, since this is a fairly narrow definition of a genre, it is often not considered as such.
''Breakout''-style games are characterized by the addition of a wall of blocks or similar objects, that the player chips away at with the ball as part of the main game play.<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics>{{cite web | last =Nelson | first =Mark | title =Breaking Down Breakout: System And Level Design For Breakout-style Games | publisher =[[Gamasutra]] | url =http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1630/breaking_down_breakout_system_and_.php?print=1 | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref> The profusion and notability of such games has been sufficient enough for them also be referred to by some as a [[video game genres|genre]] in their own right.<ref name=gamasutra_mechanics /><ref name=gspy_breakout>{{cite web | last =Durham | first =Joel | title =Breakout-Style Games - Download This! - Issue #3 | publisher =[[GameSpy]] | date =Aug. 2, 2005 | url =http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/638/638125p1.html | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref><ref name=1up_brickdown>{{cite web | last =Balistrieri | first =Emily | title =Previews: Nervous Brickdown - We check out the latest "Breakout clone" on DS that isn't a clone. | publisher =[[1UP.com]] | date =May 25, 2007 | url =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1UP.com | format =HTML | accessdate =2007-11-29 }}</ref>. However, since this is a fairly narrow definition of a genre, it is often not considered as such.

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Since the release of the original Breakout arcade game in 1976, there have been notable clones and updates for various platforms. A Breakout clone (also known as a Breakout-style game[1][2]), is a sub class of the "bat and ball" genre of games[3][4][5]started by the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong.[6][7][8][9] The genre gets its name by the games being based around the dynamics of a player controlled block, called a "bat" or a paddle, which hits a ball towards another player's bat or game specific object.

Breakout-style games are characterized by the addition of a wall of blocks or similar objects, that the player chips away at with the ball as part of the main game play.[1] The profusion and notability of such games has been sufficient enough for them also be referred to by some as a genre in their own right.[1][2][10]. However, since this is a fairly narrow definition of a genre, it is often not considered as such.

Breakout clones' status as a genre is slightly more established in Japan than in North America.[citation needed] Block kuzushi (ブロック崩し burokkukuzushi, literally block destruction) is the name given in Japan to these games. A number of block kuzushi games were released in Japan under the title Block Kuzushi, including members of D3 Publisher's Simple series and a Color TV Game system by Nintendo. However, this is a generic name referring to the genre (similar to a tennis game being called Tennis). The games titled Block Kuzushi are all distinct games and should not be considered as a series.

Notable Breakout clones

Arkanoid clones

Arkanoid was a successful[12] clone of Breakout, that spawned many notable clones of its own.

1987

1988

  • Addicta Ball (MSX, Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)
  • Ataroid (Atari 8-bit)
  • Ball-Blasta (Commodore 64)
  • Ball Raider II (Amiga)
  • Break Out II (Atari 8-bit)
  • Break It (Atari 8-bit)
  • Crack (Amiga)
  • Crillion (Commodore 64)
  • Crystal Hammer (Amiga)
  • Giganoid (Amiga)
  • Hallax (Commodore 64)
  • Meganoid (Amiga)
  • Ricochet (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Traz (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Virus: The Breakout Error (Commodore 64)

1989 and later

  • Alleyway (1989, Game Boy)
  • Aquanoid (1992, IBM PC, shareware)
  • Arkanoid: Space Ball by 'WE' Group (2006, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, shareware)
  • Bal Cube (1996, Arcade)
  • Ball Attack (2002, IBM PC, shareware)
  • Ball-Cracker (1991, Atari 8-bit)
  • Bananoid (1989, IBM PC, freeware)
  • Block Block (1991, Arcade)
  • Block Carnival (1992, Arcade)
  • Breakthru' (1989, Atari 8-bit)
  • The Brick (1989, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum)
  • Crack-Up (1989, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 800, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Crasher (1991, Commodore 64)
  • DX-Ball (1996, IBM PC, shareware)
  • DX-Ball 2 (1998, IBM PC, shareware)
  • Electranoid (1994, IBM PC)
  • Exploding Wall (1989, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Hyperball (1989, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro)
  • Krakout by 'WE' Group (2002 remake, Windows, Pocket PC, shareware)
  • Krypton Egg (1989, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC)
  • Mega Ball (1995, Amiga)
  • Nervous Brickdown by Eidos (2007, Nintendo DS)
  • Plexnoid (1992, Commodore 64)
  • Snoball in Hell (1989, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
  • Spongebob's Bubble Pop by Jakks Pacific (2003, Plug and Play)
  • Super Ball (1989, Atari 8-bit)
  • Super DX-Ball (2004, IBM PC, shareware)
  • Titan (1989, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum)

References

  1. ^ a b c Nelson, Mark. "Breaking Down Breakout: System And Level Design For Breakout-style Games" (HTML). Gamasutra. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. ^ a b Durham, Joel (Aug. 2, 2005). "Breakout-Style Games - Download This! - Issue #3" (HTML). GameSpy. Retrieved 2007-11-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Good Old fashioned Ball-Bashing Fun!" (HTML). dooyoo. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  4. ^ "Eidos Announce Nervous Brickdown" (HTML). Kotaku. May 5th, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Pulsoids for the Oric" (HTML). Oldschool Gaming. Retrieved 2007-12-5. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Hawkins, Matthew (April 24, 2006). ""The Father of Home Video Games": Ralph Baer" (HTML). Gamasutra. Retrieved 2007-12-6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "3d Ping Pong" (HTML). Playracketsports.com. Retrieved 2007-12-5. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ Maddox, Chris. "Ball Rush 2, Slowly moving towards mediocrity" (HTML). Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2007-12-5. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ "What makes a true gaming classic?" (HTML). Edge Online. Retrieved 2007-12-5. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ Balistrieri, Emily (May 25, 2007). "Previews: Nervous Brickdown - We check out the latest "Breakout clone" on DS that isn't a clone" (HTML). 1UP.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  11. ^ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005244
  12. ^ "Arkanoid". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
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