If you’re looking for screenshots of Atari’s 1976 blockbuster Breakout, you may be in for a surprise today. Typing “atari breakout” into Google Image Search will return a fully playable version of the game, where the images are rendered as breakable blocks.
Play Atari’s classic ‘Breakout’ right inside Google Image Search
The original version of the game was developed by a pre-Apple Steve Wozniak after his friend Steve Jobs promised Atari founder Nolan Bushnell that he could deliver a prototype in just four days. While this Google version may not have quite as storied a history, it stands out as one of the more elaborate Easter eggs we’ve seen from the search giant.
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