Breakout is a pioneering video game engineered by Steve Wozniak for Atari in collaboration with Steve Jobs, who was employed there as a technician.[1]
History[]
In early 1975, Jobs brought in his friend Wozniak to work on the circuit design for a game concept by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. It was released for arcades in May 1976.[2][3] Jobs and Wozniak co-founded the Apple Computer Company that same year.[4]
Easter egg in classic Mac OS[]
A hidden version of Breakout can be launched in System 7.5 by typing secret about box into Note Pad. This easter egg was disabled in Mac OS 7.5.1, but can be re-enabled with some modification by ResEdit.[5]
Brick for iPod[]
Brick running on a 2nd-generation iPod nano.
A clone of Breakout was included with early iPod models with Click Wheels or earlier controllers. On the first iPod model in 2001, it was activated as an easter egg by holding down the center button while on the About menu. With iPod Software 1.1, the easter egg was moved to the Legal menu.[6] By the time iPod models with color displays were released, such as the 1st and 2nd-generation iPod nano, the game became an openly accessible feature named Brick. Starting with a firmware update that added iPod Games support to the 5th-generation iPod in September 2006, Brick was superseded by a similar game in a circular format named Vortex.[7][8]
iOS version[]
An updated version for iOS is marketed by Atari as Breakout: Boost.
References[]
- ↑ Breakout - Jobs and Woz Bust Through by William Hunter, The Dot Eaters. 2013-03.
- ↑ A Breakout Story by Ethan Johnson, The History of How We Play. 2018-12-29.
- ↑ The Making of Breakout, Retro Gamer. 2014-05-13.
- ↑ Jobs' first boss Nolan Bushnell: 'Steve was difficult but valuable' by Rik Myslewski, The Register. 2013-03-30.
- ↑ Le jeu breakout caché dans System 7.5 (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2020-08-06.
- ↑ The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?, TechSpot. 2017-04-18.
- ↑ A brief history of click wheel iPod games by Dave Caolo, 52 Tiger. 2011-11-22.
- ↑ Vortex for iPod Review by Levi Buchanan, IGN. 2006-09-18.
External links[]
- Breakout: Boost at the Apple App Store
- Atari Breakout at Elgoog / Google
- Breakout at MobyGames
- Breakout (video game) at Wikipedia
