If you type "Atari Breakout" into the Google search engine for images you will witness Google's honoring of the old school video game "Breakout" as images are displayed in tiny blocks for you to destroy.
In commemoration of the 37th birthday of the Atari video game, Google created their own version called "Image Breakout" this past May imitating the classic video game's look, just replacing the bricks with images found through the Google search, NBC.com reported.
Luckily for you, the game can still be played by typing in the keywords and its old school concept tied with google images make it a entertaining way to spend your time.
The paddle can be controlled by moving the mouse left and right or by using the arrow keys on the keyboard. After a player clears a level, Google does another random image search and a new level starts with the tiny bricks containing those images. Players can submit and share their highschores after game over.
The game was so popular after being set-up by Google it made last years annual zeitgeist as one of the top searched for games, according to PhoneReview.com.
The games popularity among users led to mobile apps on the Apple store where the game goes by "Breakout Boost," and on Google Play for Android where you can find it under "Brick Breaker Special Edition," according to PhoneReview.com.
According to NBC, the Google image search randomly redirects the user to a completely different search before starting the game. Whatever images were searched for before by the randomly selected key term will be the images the player must destroy in order to break free.
The classic Atari game was a product of Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow and released in 1976 as "Breakout," NBC reported. The game is based on the 1972 video game "Pong" and its ball-and-paddle format of playing.
Though "Breakout" acquired a loyal fan base which led to spin-offs of the game, the company was not able to keep up with video game technology and the U.S. branch filed for bankruptcy in January of 2013, NBC reported.
