Retro Rank Rhapsody Ep# 33 - Let's Have a Breakout Session!
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Nothing is more simple than a ball and paddle, at least until you start adding powerups and enemies. Let's take a look at the start of the Breakout genre and how everyone seemed to want in on it. Whether it be by adding nonsense plots, pinball elements, or hunger mechanics.
Game Covered:
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Super Breakout (00:40) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Atari Games - Year: 1976
The as close to the original that is playable on modern systems well.
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Gee Bee (11:10) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Namco - Year: 1978
Namco's debut into video games is this combination breakout/pinball game.
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Bomb Bee (19:00) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Namco - Year: 1978
Like Gee Bee, but a bit more refined
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Cutie Q (26:00) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Namco - Year: 1979
Like Bomb Bee, but a bit more horrifying
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Alleyway (33:25) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Nintendo - Year: 1989
You know what's good a good game to launch platform that's screen has a lot of motion blur? A game where you need to watch a rapidly moving ball.
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Arkanoid (46:50) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Taito - Year: 1986
It's Breakout, but with a laser. And plot???
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Riddle of Pythagoras (1:05:50) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: SEGA - Year: 1986
But what if your paddle was a triangle?
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Quester (1:18:00) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade- Developer: Namco - Year: 1987
Toru Iwatani's last hurrah before taking a decades-long sabbatical from games.
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Off the Wall (1:32:00) - Category: DEX - Platform: Arcade - Developer: Atari Games - Year: 1991
This game leaves more questions than answers.
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Block Block (1:44:35) - Category: DEX - Platform: MSX - Developer: Capcom - Year: 1991
Apparently this paddle is Master Higgins somehow
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Nazo no Kabe (1:59:05) - Category: DEX - Platform: NES - Developer: Konami - Year: 1986
When the developer gets spiteful.
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