[6] While the original was constructed with discrete logic instead of a microprocessor, Super Breakout uses a MOS Technology 6502 CPU.

[2] Super Breakout appeared as a cartridge for Atari 8-bit computers in 1979 with support for up to 8 players taking turns.

Both the Atari ST and Game Boy versions have sculpted bricks similar to those of the Breakout-inspired Arkanoid.

In regard to Super Breakout being included with every Atari 5200, David H. Ahl of Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games, wrote in 1983:We thought this a somewhat curious choice since it hardly uses the higher resolution of the 5200 to great advantage.

This science fiction story dealt with NASA astronaut Captain John Stewart Chang returning from a routine mission transporting titanium ore from Io to space station New California.

He has three lobbing missiles of white light that he can bounce off the hull of his shuttle, and they prove able to break through the layers of the force field.

With his life support systems failing, what follows is a test of endurance turned game as he strives to break through the barrier in space.