Gameplay

Brick Breaker is a Breakout clone

Breakout clone

A Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...

in which the player must smash a wall of bricks by deflecting a bouncing ball with a paddle. The paddle may move horizintally and is controlled with the BlackBerry's trackwheel. When all the bricks have been destroyed, play advances to a new level.

Critical reception

Break Breaker has a cult following of professional players trying to achieve high scores. The game's addictiveness was highlighted by The Vancouver Sun: There are "dozens of forums, support groups and yes, a Brick Breaker Addiction Facebook page, with spouses complaining of addicted mates."