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Program Pack 4

Program Pack 4 is a double games pack that contains: Breakout: Based on the arcade game where the aim is to remove all the bricks at the top of the screen by moving a bat left or right below and bouncing a…

31 December 1981

Program Pack 4 is an arcade developed by Bug-Byte Software, released 31 December 1981 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What Program Pack 4 is

Program Pack 4 is an arcade game developed by Bug-Byte Software and released in 1981. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Program Pack 4 is a double games pack that contains: Breakout: Based on the arcade game where the aim is to remove all the bricks at the top of the screen by moving a bat left or right below and bouncing a ball upwards. If you let the ball pass your bat then you lose one of three lives. Brikthru: Moving a bat left or right and bouncing a ball upwards, you clear the screen with a ball going through a shaded area and bouncing off the top and sides of the screen. If you let the ball pass your bat you lose one of thee lives.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Program Pack 4 launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.

Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.

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When did Program Pack 4 come out?
Program Pack 4 was released on 31 December 1981 for Sinclair ZX81.

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