Play Breakout - Breakaway IV Online

You smack a tiny ball at bricks until it’s ricocheting like mad, and suddenly you’re sweating over pixel-perfect paddle flicks while the Atari chirps at your failures.

Released: 1978

File size: 1.86 KB

Game Overview

Breakout - Breakaway IV on the Atari 2600 is one of those games that feels like it was designed to ruin your afternoon plans. You start with a paddle, a ball, and a wall of bricks—simple, right? Then the ball picks up speed, and suddenly you're hunched forward, gripping the joystick like it owes you money.

The bricks shatter with this satisfying little blip, and before long, you're chasing the ball into corners you didn’t even know existed. The controls are stupidly precise for something made in 1978, and the sound effects? Pure nostalgia—like someone digitized the sound of an arcade cabinet sneering at you.

It’s the kind of game where you swear you’ll stop after one round, but then the high score taunts you, and suddenly it’s been an hour. If you’ve ever wondered why people still mess with Atari games, this is why.