Breakout roundup 
Instead of writing a bunch of short articles about Breakout clones, here’s several of them put together! Maybe we’ll learn something more broadly about game clones by looking at them as a group.
Tagged: 1991
Breakout roundup
Cleanwater Detectives 
Somebody’s polluted the river, and you’ve gotta crack the case. This science whodunnit is a great example of the range and depth that Oregon Trail developer MECC could have with their less-famous software.
Crystal Caves 
Is it a platformer or a puzzle game? Genre means little when games are challenging and rewarding like Crystal Caves.
Dig up old custom worlds in the groundbreaking Museum of ZZT 
Kudos to the recently unveiled Museum of ZZT, which goes above being a game repository and shows off new ways to explore user-created content.
Green 
The throwback environmentalism in Green makes a cute political cartoon but a very vague strategy game.
Halloween Night II 
This brief, sweet ode to Halloween captures everything fun and spooky about a fun and spooky holiday.
“Who allowed you to do this?” Joe Sparks talks Spaceship Warlock, CD-ROMs, $8000 computers, and the growth of interactive media 
Spaceship Warlock co-creator Joe Sparks sat down for an ambling conversation about developing in the CD-ROM era and the creation of a groundbreaking adventure game.
Kangaroo Court
An unrepentantly silly courtroom nightmare offers some good laughs at your expense.
Lexi-Cross 
Step onto the set of the future of television – a faithful reproduction of 1970s game shows at their best and worst.
Maze Mission Adventure Game
One of the first of William Soleau’s puzzle-lite games, Maze Mission Adventure Game is suitably fun to explore in short bursts.