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| 08.21.2007Breakout article
The breakout article was a fantastic and lengthy look at Breakout games! In a genre so full of unknown games, there are sure to be plenty that were missed in trying to determine who had what first.
One that I noted was mentioning that Funkiball was the first to have paddle bump. Paddle Bump was first seen in Break Ball 2 (2002), some years before Funkiball (2005).
BB2 (www.bcsoftgames.com) also tried a number of things that were "firsts", so far as I know, such as selectable paddle types with special abilities and moving bricks (disclosure: I was involved in its creation, though not in its design). Alas, the graphics were poor and the game was not as well-known as some, but many of the ideas have since been found elsewhere. (a post from 2003 on Indiegamer [then Dexterity forums] details some of the interesting points to Breakout that I had surmised at the time: http://www.indiegamer.com/archives/t-1784.html [look about half the way down])
I've always been a fan of Breakout myself and was excited to see someone else taking care to consider the many different enhancements that have been made to the genre over time. -Russell Carroll
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