Atari has announced that Breakout: Recharged will be blasting onto the Switch eShop on 10th February.
A modern take on the '70s arcade classic, Breakout: Recharged has players smashing their way through each neon-coloured brick across a variety of modes. An Endless option will put you through your paces, while Challenge mode will have you taking part in 50 increasingly challenging levels – oh, and you can even jump into a local co-op mode, too.
Strategy is key in Breakout: Recharged; land your hit or face unforeseen consequences on the digital battlefield! Utilize power-ups for explosive combos with the all-new rail gun, homing missiles, and unforgiving blasts to join the traditional multi-ball. You’ll need every tool in the arsenal and razor-sharp reflexes to climb the global leaderboards!
The game is part of Atari's Recharged series, which aims to bring a range of the publisher's '70s and '80s hits to modern platforms. Titles already released in the range include Centipede, Asteroids and Black Widow.
Atari’s Recharged series breathes new life into the most seminal fan-favorites of the 1970s and ’80s while keeping true to what made those games undeniable smash-hits — simple and engaging gameplay, accessible pick-up-and-play controls, and plain ol’ high score-chasing fun. The Atari VCS version of Breakout: Recharged features exclusive content and is optimized for play with the all-new Atari Wireless Classic Joystick.
Will you be checking out Breakout: Recharged when it lands on the eShop next month? Fire away in the comments below.
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I had the original Breakout on Atari 2600, but the little knob controller that goes with it was broken so I never really played it.
That being said, I played a TON of Arkanoid on the NES, and a crude version of Breakout on a TI-83 graphing calculator that kept me from being bored in class.
Not sure what 'sub-genre' of game bouncy balls falls under, but it is one I am a fan of.
Might pick it up depending on price point, but honestly I'm biding my time for Atari to release 'Missile Command' recharged.
Hmmm…. Breakout 99?
@Desrever I think of them as brick breaking games or paddle games. It also may be considered twitch games like Pong or Kaboom! where you need fast reflexes.
IT'S BLOODY BREAKOUT BABAY!
This looks like it should have released on Wiiware.
Enjoying the recharged games thus far. Still have to pick up Asteroids though.
@Eighties
I have also become a fan of the Recharged series, I was even number 1 on Blackwidow for almost the entire first day it was released. Looking forward to this and I love just about everything McDuffee has done with both this serries and especially River City Girls.
I love Breakout games. Perfect for train journeys and love chasing the high scores.
I’ll hold out for a physical Recharged collection.
Love breakout so I'm all in baby
I would like to play this, but I can't see doing so without a proper paddle controller. I have Asteroids Recharged, and while it's good, it's also brutally difficult. Hey, Atari: I bought the game. You don't need to make me keep inserting quarters! How about including an extra life?
...How are these Recharged games anyways? Saw a couple of them and was wondering...
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I miss Geometry Wars, though. lol
I’ll get this one as well, I do second the notion of needing a paddle controller for this.
I always like how not-Nintendo, Atari, Sega, SNK, Microsoft, and Sony pretends their consoles doesn't exist when they make their games and just port them to other platforms such as this.
@Burning_Spear maybe if it has good motion controls!
@Eighties Clearly, I was oblivious. For $2.99, it was a no-brainer. Thank you for the enlightenment
Weird, the game goes full-on Arkanoid, but the art has a prisoner breaking bricks with a hammer?
The art is all over the place, lol!
I've usually been more of the Arkanoid fan and not so much Breakout, but this doesn't seem too bad. Is the bumper handled with touch controls? This reminds me, I'm also looking forward to the latest Arkanoid game from Taito whenever they decide to drop that.
The Recharged series is a joke!
@SepticLemon The arcade game was the same way
@Bermanator At least the game itself was just coloured bricks that you had to break so that art for the arcade cab makes sense. But in this, they took a graphical art style similar to that of Arkanoid, but then used the prisoner on a ball and chain art from the original, it's just so artistically glaring. At least use an old-timey prison theme in the game and then used the original cabinet art.
This is one of those random, obscure things that really appeals to me. I used to play this Breakout clone called "Blaster Ball 2" on my grandma's 2005 Dell computer back in the day, lol. Been wanting something on Switch that would scratch that same itch, but from what I've seen and read, none of the other Breakout clones are that good. Hopefully the controls and the physics will be solid in this one, though visually, the game looks incredibly bland, if I'm being honest.
Needs a paddle/spinner/knob controller.
@SepticLemon Arkanoid looks nothing like this
I prefer Arkanoid. The stage start music will always be stuck in my head.
@Desrever @Desrever it’s already out! $2.99 on eshop.
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