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World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Antonio Villas-Boas. Way back in , Apple thought it could make a game console. The look of Apple's Pippin game console screams s.

Launched around the same time period, Sony's original PlayStation and Nintendo's N64 also look dated by today's standards, but their designs have aged better than the Pippin's. The Pippin's controller was called the "Apple Jack," and it had a mouse trackball in the middle. The Pippin didn't have any built-in storage for games or even its own operating system. It did, however, have kilobytes of storage for saving settings and in-game progress. Speaking of pinball, Atari released a dedicated Video Pinball console in , which included the Breakout game.

Breakout begins with eight rows of bricks, equally divided into groups of four colors. The colors, ordered from the bottom up are yellow, green, orange and red. If the ball passes the player on its rebound, the player loses a turn.

The player gets three chances to clear two screens of bricks. Yellow bricks earn one point, green bricks earn three points, orange bricks earn five points, and red bricks score seven points each. The paddle shrinks to half its size after the ball breaks through the red row and hit the upper wall. Ball speed increases after four hits, twelve hits, and after reaching the orange and red rows. The highest possible score for one player is The player must eliminate two screens of bricks worth points per screen.

Once the second screen of bricks is destroyed, the game is over and must be restarted. The game can be played beyond the maximum score by playing in two-player mode. A third screen will allow Player Two to score a maximum of 1, points.

Once the third screen is eliminated, the game is over. There was a variation of Break out called Breakthru, in which the ball does not bounce off of the bricks, but continues through them until it hits the wall. Atari trademarked the term and used it in addition to Breakout to describe game-play. Atari began using the Pong hardware as a means of eliminating competition with constant innovation.

Al Alcorn was assigned as the Breakout project manager, and began development with Cyan Engineering in View the discussion thread. Trending Recent. Subscribe to:. Get pre-market outlook, mid-day update and after-market roundup emails in your inbox. Market in 5 Minutes Market in 5 Minutes. Fintech Focus Fintech Focus. A daily collection of all things fintech, interesting developments and market updates.

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