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Breakout , Super Breakout, Breakaway IV


skippy5c

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It was named that way because it was for (up to) four players.

 

This is also the way Sears named most of their pong systems. For instance, there was a Pong Sports II (which included two controllers) and a Pong Sports IV (which included four controllers). Other than that the units were identical. There are numerous other examples of this in the early Sears products.

 

Of course, today (and perhaps even back then) this naming convention seems very confusing....

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The real question (in my mind anyhow) is why did Sears rename Street Racer as Speedway II. It should have been renamed Speedway IV instead.

 

Perhaps this was a mistake? Or maybe four player support was added by Atari at the last minute when it was already too late for Sears to change things?

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