I couldn't stand it anymore. I had this... this NEED to play a breakout-type game on my Mac but to my despair, all I could find out there were old black and white versions. This would not do. I finally realized that if I wanted to play breakout on my Mac, I'd have to program it myself!
Instructions
Simple: Knock out the bricks and don't let the ball go off the bottom of the screen.
The multiplier is a cool thing (MULT:0 at the top of your screen). The more bricks you hit, the higher the multiplier counts. When the ball hits your paddle, your score is calculated and the multiplier is reset back to 0. It is possible for the ball to leave the paddle and come back with 30,000 or more accumulated points.
In 2-player mode, each player must complete an entire level before the other player gets a turn.
The ball does not respond to how hard you hit it with the paddle nor does it respond to "english". It does respond to angle: If you hit the ball on the center of the paddle, it will travel straight up and down. On the edges of the paddle you can achieve near horizontal motion.
HINT: Operate the paddle slowly and gracefully. Quick jerky movements will cause you to loose your mind... er..uh... I mean, the ball.
When you hit the Erase button in the high score list, all the scores disappear and the erase button changes to an "unerase" button. Hit that button and your scores come back. Once you hit the OK button, the state of the high score table is remembered.
Oh yeah. (track ball owners, ignore this) CLEAN YOUR MOUSE. This game can be intensely frustrating if you play it with a dirty mouse.
 
Simple game based on the old Break Out. This version stands out because it has good graphics and sound. The reason that this shines more than others like Brickles is that the scoring is very well implemented. When multiple bricks are taken out you are thusly rewarded. This makes the game so much more fun as you are constantly trying to break your old high score. I don't know about other people but I play games much more if there is a high score list (of at least the ten best scores) and games with a logical scoring scheme rate even higher. Without these factors MacBrickOut would just be another game in a large field. However, this game will keep you fascinated beyond the threshold, so check it out.
