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If you go by Atari's internal newsletter Coin Connection, today is the 50th anniversary of Breakout, their most popular title since Pong at the time and such a massive hit in Japan that it spawned a bunch of clones and inspired Space Invaders. Granted, other internal sources say April 76, but hey

13/5/26, 1:23 pm38 reposts75 likes

Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus)

@atariarchive.org

13 May

newsletter itself is here: archive.org/details/Atar... And I wrote about the game myself a while back at great length: www.atariarchive.org/blog/breakou...

atariarchive.orgBreakout (Breakaway IV) – October 1978, Atari ArchiveIt’s undeniable that Atari initially made its name with Pong.

Ludwig Von Bloodborne

@gnosticbeaumont.bsky.social

13 May

April 76? But april only goes to 28

Zorin =^o.o^=

@zorinlynx.bsky.social

13 May

This game was also used as a baseline for what the Apple II should be able to do with graphics and sound. Woz specifically wanted the II to be able to run Breakout. It ended up being written in BASIC, called "LITTLE BRICK OUT" and shipped with every Apple II!