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Super Breakout

Description

Move a paddle back and forth at the bottom of the screen to rebound a ball back into a brick wall, knocking bricks out one by one. There are three separate games: double -- same as Breakout, knock down bricks and when they are all gone a new wall forms cavity -- two other balls are inside the wall, when they have an escape route you can hit them as well progressive -- as the wall is destroyed, new bricks are added and the entire wall shifts down toward your paddle. The sound effects are just simple beeps.

Super Breakout was produced by Atari in 1978.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Super Breakout was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Canyon Bomber, Orbit, Fire Truck, Sky Raider, Avalanche, and Skydiver

Specs

Name	Super Breakout
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9873
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Ball and Paddle
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Rotary: Analog Buttons: 1 - Launch Ball
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Super Breakout Control Panel Image

Super Breakout KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.50 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

The cabinet artwork has an artist's rendering of bricks with an electrical bolt and explosion (very simplistic) hitting an area. The same artwork appears on the marquee.

Miscellaneous

Having three separate game options is very unusual.

Super Breakout was previously available on the iPad and iPhone via an Atari's Greatest Hits app.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Super Breakout Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 59 known instances of this machine owned by Super Breakout collectors who are active members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Super Breakout machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Super Breakout circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Super Breakout.

This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Breakout
Super Breakout

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 52; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 52; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (8e0a3b39-6444-490b-9ca1-c8bb31d45163)

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