Brickout!
[Unreleased 1981] GAME DESCRIPTION Use your paddle to bounce a ball against descending rows of colored bricks. Hit bricks disappear, scoring points. PRODUCTION HISTORY Brickout! was an Intellivision version of…
31 January 1999
Brickout! is a video game, released 31 January 1999 on Intellivision.
What Brickout! is
Brickout! was released in 1999. It is available on Intellivision only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
[Unreleased 1981] GAME DESCRIPTION Use your paddle to bounce a ball against descending rows of colored bricks. Hit bricks disappear, scoring points. PRODUCTION HISTORY Brickout! was an Intellivision version of the Atari arcade and video game Breakout. It was intended for the Triple Action cartridge, which was originally to have included five arcade-type games. Brickout! was shelved for fear of legal action from Atari; such fears also killed the original version of Astrosmash, which was an Asteroids-like game.
How it plays
Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Brickout! launched on 31 January 1999, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VIII, Super Smash Bros., Syphon Filter and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VIII, Super Smash Bros., Syphon Filter, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Quick answers
Brickout! — frequently asked questions
When did Brickout! come out?
Brickout! was released on 31 January 1999 for Intellivision.