History Main / BreakingOut

* The various DLC for ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces'' contain a minigame called Bind Breaker, where you use the ball to destroy the blocks that make up the characters' Barrier Jackets, stripping them down to bathing suits. Not for the more conservative of fans.

* ''{{Lyle in Cube Sector}}'' has you fight a boss in this manner.
* In ''{{I Wanna Be the Guy}}'', there is a room where you must do this to open the path to the next room. Missing the ball--in this case Delicious Fruit--doesn't kill you, but it removes a block of the ground that you are standing on, revealing deadly spikes. Once you've cleared a path to the exit, you must then dodge the ball as you make your way out of the room, or else it will kill you.

* ''{{Breakout}}'', the {{Trope Maker}}
* ''{{Arkanoid}}'', the {{Trope Codifier}}

* iPods come with a ''{{Breakout}}'' game -- possibly as a callback to Apple's very first personal computers that also came with ''{{Breakout}}''.
* An {{Easter Egg}} in Mac OS 7.5 allows you to play a version of this, with the developers' names printed on the blocks.

* One level of ''{{Marvel Ultimate Alliance}}'' contains this as a minigame.

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* The {{Commodore 64}} had ''Krakout'', remembered fondly for its [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sET07lKzA addictive gameplay and incredible music]], and not so fondly for [[NintendoHard the most dastardly]] ArchEnemy [[YourMileageMayVary in video game history]]. On later levels, an [[NotSoHarmlessVillain unassuming]] [[HappyFunBall blue ball]] would appear (behind walls of bricks, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWNvqFZeFk see video]] from 8:40) which tried to match your ball's height on the screen. [[spoiler:If you allowed them to touch, the blue ball would [[ShockingSwerve swallow your ball whole]], [[CruelAndUnusualDeath digest it]], and [[BeatingADeadPlayer spit its dessicated corpse]] back at you. Even if you manage to intercept the mangled remains with your paddle, it just flies past. This creature from the darkest pits of the lowest hells was named The Cannibal.]] Somehow, losing the ball off the side of the screen was no longer the worst thing that could happen.

* The {{Commodore 64}} had ''Krakout'', remembered fondly for its [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sET07lKzA addictive gameplay and incredible music]], and not so fondly for [[NintendoHard the most dastardly]] ArchEnemy [[YourMileageMayVary in video game history]]. On later levels, an [[NotSoHarmless unassuming]] [[HappyFunBall blue ball]] would appear (behind walls of bricks, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWNvqFZeFk see video]] from 8:40) which tried to match your ball's height on the screen. [[spoiler:If you allowed them to touch, the blue ball would [[ShockingSwerve swallow your ball whole]], [[CruelAndUnusualDeath digest it]], and [[BeatingADeadPlayer spit its dessicated corpse]] back at you. Even if you manage to intercept the mangled remains with your paddle, it just flies past. This creature from the darkest pits of the lowest hells was named The Cannibal.]] Somehow, losing the ball off the side of the screen was no longer the worst thing that could happen.

* ''JackieChan's Action Kung Fu'', a NES title, ''inverted'' this trope. One of the minigames had a ball-spitting face trying to destroy a block wall Jackie was standing on. The player had to deflect the balls by punching and kicking them, to avoid the complete destruction of the wall.

* A ''Breakout''-like minigame in ''[=~3D Dot Game Heroes~=]'' is called "Blockout". Your hero's shield is the paddle, but you can use his/her sword to help propel the ball faster.

** BIT.TRIP FLUX combines it with Pong for another boss.

* ''[[BitTrip Bit Trip Beat]]'' uses it for a level boss.

* Likewise for ''{{I Wanna Be the Guy}}''.

Not to be confused with TheProtomen song with the same trope name.

* The {{Commodore 64}} had ''Krakout'', remembered fondly for its [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sET07lKzA addictive gameplay and incredible music]], and not so fondly for [[NintendoHard the most dastardly]] ArchEnemy [[YourMileageMayVary in video game history]]. On later levels, an [[NotSoHarmless unassuming]] [[HappyFunBall blue ball]] would appear (behind walls of bricks, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWNvqFZeFk see video]] from 8:40) which tried to match your ball's height on the screen. [[spoiler:If you allowed them to touch, the blue ball would [[ShockingSwerve swallow your ball whole]], [[CruelAndUnusualDeath digest it]], and [[BeatingADeadPlayer spit its dessicated corpse]] back at you. Even if you manage to intercept the mangled remains with your paddle, it just flies past. This creature from the darkest pits of the lowest hells was [[{{understatement}} named]] The Cannibal.]] Somehow, losing the ball off the side of the screen was no longer the worst thing that could happen.

* Bowser's special move using his koopa minions in ''MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' is a breakout minigame.

* ''Super Puzzle World 3'' (A ''SuperMarioWorld'') hack has this for the first castle, complete with a Reznor edit to look like Pac Man. You can see it at the end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjp3_x50MV4 this video]]

* The PuttPutt series spin-off ''PuttPutt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama]], which has you bouncing Pep into the air to pop all the balloons before moving onto the next level.

* And ''[[BitTrip Bit Trip Beat]]''.

* ''{{Breakout}}'', the {{Trope Maker}}
* ''{{Arkanoid}}'', the {{Trope Codifier}}
* [[OtherNintendoSystems Color TV Game Block Kusure/Breaker]]
* ''[[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters Bachelorette Party]]'' and ''[[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters Bachelor Party.]]''
* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness The very first]] ''{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Highly Responsive To Prayers'' on the PC-98, plays like a very strange hybrid of ''{{Breakout}}'' and a {{danmaku}} shoot 'em up. For one thing, you have to swat the ball away from Reimu, or else it will kill her...
* iPods come with a ''{{Breakout}}'' game -- possibly as a callback to Apple's very first personal computers that also came with ''{{Breakout}}''.
* ''{{Lyle in Cube Sector}}'' has you fight a boss in this manner.
* Likewise for ''{{I Wanna Be the Guy}}''.
* And ''[[BitTrip Bit Trip Beat]]''.
* An {{Easter Egg}} in Mac OS 7.5 allows you to play a version of this, with the developers' names printed on the blocks.
* One level of ''{{Marvel Ultimate Alliance}}'' contains this as a minigame.
* In ''{{Vexx}}'', one mini-game in Tempest Peak Manor, the fourth world, has you playing ''{{Breakout}}''. ...On a GIANT-screen TV. ...Controling the joystick by standing on it.

* ''{{Shatter}}''.
* ''Magic Orbz''.
* ''Diamonds'', and the ''{{Action52}}'' Genesis ripoff ''Bonkers''.
* The unlicensed NES games ''Dudes with Attitude'' and ''Trolls on Treasure Island''.
* Super Puzzle World 3 (A SuperMarioWorld) hack has this for the first castle, complete with a Reznor edit to look like Pac Man. You can see it at the end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjp3_x50MV4 this video]]
* The {{Commodore 64}} had Krakout, remembered fondly for its [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sET07lKzA addictive gameplay and incredible music]], and not so fondly for [[NintendoHard the most dastardly]] ArchEnemy [[YourMileageMayVary in video game history]]. On later levels, an [[NotSoHarmless unassuming]] [[HappyFunBall blue ball]] would appear (behind walls of bricks, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWNvqFZeFk see video]] from 8:40) which tried to match your ball's height on the screen. [[spoiler:If you allowed them to touch, the blue ball would [[ShockingSwerve swallow your ball whole]], [[CruelAndUnusualDeath digest it]], and [[BeatingADeadPlayer spit its dessicated corpse]] back at you. Even if you manage to intercept the mangled remains with your paddle, it just flies past. This creature from the darkest pits of the lowest hells was [[{{understatement}} named]] The Cannibal.]] Somehow, losing the ball off the side of the screen was no longer the worst thing that could happen.
* A ''Breakout''-like minigame in ''[=~3D Dot Game Heroes~=]'' is called "Blockout". Your hero's shield is the paddle, but you can use his/her sword to help propel the ball faster.

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* The Macintosh game ''Brickles''.

* ''Shatter''.

* The various DLC for ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces'' contain a minigame called Bind Breaker, where the blocks you must destroy with a ball make up the characters' Barrier Jackets and, well, let's just say it's not for the more conservative of fans.