While this is essentially an upgraded version of the 2600 super breakout, it feels worse in terms of the controls with the paddle that feels like it's attempting to fight you while you're moving it. This version looks much nicer compared to it's 2600 counterpart, and especially sounds better as I can genuinely say that 2600 version makes me want to mute my TV whenever I play it cause of how awful the sound of the pixel ball destroying the brick in the 2600 version makes. However and either this might be due to bad emulation on the part of Atari, or it's just that the game itself had this issue altogether, it feels like it's harder to control because the paddle has this delay where it attempts to fight you when you move it, and it moves slower compared to every other Super Breakout. I think honestly If I had to make a list from best to worst break out games:

1. Breakout 2600
2. Breakout PS1
3. Super Breakout 2600
4. Breakout Arcade
5. Super Breakout 5200
6. Super Breakout Arcade

If its hard to control when they give you such a big paddle as a purposeful hindrance, then it's not fun, the challenge is the ball gets faster, and you have to move as fast, when you're paddle feels like it's fighting you to do that. It just isn't isn't.
Looks great in terms of its appearance, mediocre in terms of its internal/gameplay. But I don't think it's the worst, geninuely think super breakout Arcade is just not fun if unless you have a lot of replay coins within Atari 50.

Played on Atari 50

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2023


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