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May 13 2013 07:28 PM ET

Google Easter egg celebrates Atari arcade game 'Breakout'

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As if Google image search wasn’t already enough of a time suck, now it can pull you into playing games. Well, one game in particular: Old school arcade fave Breakout.

To commemorate the 37th anniversary of Breakout, created by Atari, Inc., Google is rewarding anyone who types “atari breakout” into its image search with a playable Breakout game, rearranging the search results into multi-colored blocks reminiscent of the 1976 game.

The hidden nod to Breakout follows Google’s recent Seinfeld-themed Easter egg that greeted anyone searching for “Festivus” last December.

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Jan 25 2013 03:35 PM ET

The 10 best Atari games

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Image Credit: ATARI

With the reported news of Atari’s bankruptcy filing, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite Atari games. READ FULL STORY »

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