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Retro Brick Breaker Games

Keep the ball in play and clear a wall of bricks. These DOS games build on the Breakout and Arkanoid style with different paddle controls, bonuses and stage rules. Some use a mouse; others need an unusual keyboard layout or two independently controlled paddles.

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A few places to start

  • Bananoid

    A mouse-controlled starting point with colourful bricks and circular obstacles.

  • BAP!!!

    Play thirty stages and note the passwords awarded every third stage to return later.

  • EGAWALLS

    Control two paddles independently in the archived EGAWALLS 1.5a release.

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GamePlatformYearGenrePlay
Arkanoid (Eclipse Goodies)A compact brick-breaking game from Eclipse's 1993 Goodies collection. Move the paddle, launch the ball and keep it bouncing through the wall of blocks.
DOS1993ArcadePLAY
BananoidKeep a ball bouncing through Bananoid’s colourful brick field, moving the mouse-controlled paddle beneath each return.
DOS1989ArcadePLAY
BAP!!!Keep the ball above your paddle and clear brick formations across thirty stages, using passwords to return to later challenges.
DOS1995ArcadePLAY
BlocXBreak the coloured walls in Blocx with a mouse-controlled paddle, catching bonuses and keeping the ball above the bottom edge.
DOS1997ArcadePLAY
Bricks (Vince Bly)Bounce a ball through a brick wall in Vince Bly’s Bricks, using Insert and Caps Lock to control the paddle.
DOS1984ArcadePLAY
EGAWALLSA 1989 EGA brick-breaking game with two independently controlled paddles. Keep the ball in play, break the coloured walls and use racket acceleration when you need extra reach.
DOS1989ArcadePLAY
MultiSync BallReturn the ball into coloured bricks in MultiSync Ball, with keyboard paddle controls and an unusual reversed demo-mode prompt.
DOS1995ArcadePLAY
PaddlersCompete around a shared brick-breaking field, changing the ball's angle with moving paddles and earning bonuses for surviving a stage.
DOS1996ArcadePLAY
PopCornA 1988 paddle-and-ball arcade game with keyboard and mouse modes, reassignable keys and a built-in demonstration.
DOS1988ArcadePLAY
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