May 1976 · Game
Breakout (1976)
Atari's Breakout, released in May 1976, was designed by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, with the prototype built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
Jobs was paid $750 plus bonuses to prototype it. Wozniak's design used 44 chips.
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Facts
- Date
- May 1976
- Kind
- Game: Arcade paddle game
- Maker or publisher
- Atari
- Developer
- Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Genre
- Paddle game
- Format
- Arcade
Source: Wikipedia
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