brick breaker

English

Noun

Screenshot of the freeware brick breaker game LBreakout.

brick breaker (plural brick breakers)

1. (video games) A game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.

   Synonym: brick-buster

   • 2000, NewestShareware.com, “NewestShareware.com Issue #105”, in alt.comp.shareware (Usenet):

     A brick-breaker kind of game featuring musical symbols (rests and notes), an elephant, and a ball!

   • 2005, Jean-Yves Lefort, “ports/76484: New port: games/tecnoballz, a brick breaker”, in mailing.freebsd.ports-bugs (Usenet):

     Synopsis: New port: games/tecnoballz, a brick breaker (Arkanoid-like game)