For anyone who just can’t get enough of the classic game of Breakout, here’s another [French] one… Geecko’s BreakOut4PSP stays true to the original Breakout look ‘n feel — bust bricks, collect power-ups… This is Geecko’s first homebrew game, and with that said, it currently lacks a couple things — a scoring system, sound, etc… After all — it’s a work in progress.

We have a few other Breakout clones, in English too; Check ‘em out here.

Download: BreakOut4PSP v0.7

- source: devsgen

Two quality homebrews consolidated into one post; it’s Art’s Powernoid & Audio Mechanica…

Powernoid is the Breakout clone modeled after Amiga’s MegaBall, which also inspired DX-Ball for Windows. You know what that’s all about — keep the ball in motion, bust bricks, and collect power-ups, minus the bad ones.

Audio Mechanica is a digital audio recorder for the PSP. You know, like the commercial, “where did I park my car? Oh no… Blue section, row 18.” You will however require another piece of hardware; Audio Mechanica supports any Socom compatible headset with PSP headphone remote control, the Go!Cam (Chotto Cam), and the Talkman USB microphone.

 

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Playing Breakout under emulation just not doing it for ya? Enter Art’s Powernoid; a Breakout clone with power-ups based on MegaBall for the Amiga. So get it while it’s hot — V4d is tagged as the final release.

Say what, Breakout? Well, the game of Breakout serves a very simple concept: use the bottom paddle to bounce the ball in attempt to bust up layers of bricks, all while collecting various power-ups throughout. Advance on and get down; Powernoid is highly addictive.

Powernoid V4d changes:

• Fixed bug that prevented stages from repeating after stage 15.
• Added option to toggle in game music with up and down buttons.

Download:
Powernoid V4d
Powernoid V4d Source Code

- source: qj

Update: Quick, get Powernoid V3b –

• Fixed control of ball direction with the bat which was broken in a previous release.

MegaBall, Breakout, Brick or Ice Breaker, whatever the name, welcome Art’s Powernoid V3. Same concept, same addictive game play: bounce a ball or multiple balls destroying all rectangular shaped objects while collecting power-ups and exercising those reflex skills.

Powernoid V3 changes:

• Improved collision detection by checking the edge of the ball in the direction it is traveling.
• Bat movement made slightly faster, and ball turns red when fireball powerup is active.
• Added powerups to two more stages so every odd stage now has a powerup available.
• Change made to second ball behaviour in multiball mode.
• Change to high score encryption so the save file is incompatible with previous version.

Download: Powernoid V3b

- source: qj

I’ve spent and still spend countless hours playing the arcade classic known as Super Breakout. So when I saw Art coded up a Breakout clone in a mere 2 days time, I nearly… Well, I’ll leave that to your imagination ‘cuz I got nothing right now. All I have to say; while other Breakout homebrew clones do exist — Art, you deserve mad props for this one.

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Reinventing a classic everyone can enjoy — now even Slim owners. Upon popular request, I’m looking at you seanpaul223; The Underminer has introduced Sim compatibility to Galactic Breakout.

You know what I’m talkin’ about… Keep the ball in motion while busting bricks and collecting power-ups. It’s fun, it’s addictive, it’s Galactic Breakout!

Also, The Underminer has reset the online ranking system for extra competition. So have at it.

GBO v1.3 changes:

• Added PSP Slim support
• removed music due to technical difficulties (setting backgroundmusic to yes has no effect)

If you’re a non-Slim owner and you want some music, see here.

Download: Galactic Breakout v1.3

- source: underminer.ikhoefgeen.nl

Nearly a week ago we saw Galactic Breakout v1.0. Now the divine homebrew game receives a well deserved bug fix update. Presenting The Underminer’s Galactic Breakout v1.1!

So what’s the good word? See for yourself…

• fused BackGroundMusic and BGMvol under settings. Decrease all the way down to 0 to turn off BGM
• added paddle speed under settings. affects d-pad and analog stick
• track info does not show when BGM is turned off.
• fixed analog Inverse Paddle bonus bug
• fixed a bug with loading a particular image
• fixed laser+teleport bug
• fixed fruity loops bug

Wait… You just downgraded and you’re wondering, what’s this homebrew game about?

The Solar system has been taken over by several alien races. Commander Holland leads a few brave men in their heroic efforts to reclaim the galaxy. Are you up to the task of breaking through their rock-solid defense?

Galactic Breakout is a PSP game that reminds of the timeless arcade classic, but it has more than that. It features various bricks with unique properties, and 13 bonusses to collect. Version 1.00 features 70 levels. GBO has everything that makes a game stand out: Cool gameplay, graphics, music and a storyline. And the best part: it’s free!

There you have it! Enjoy.

Download Galactic Breakout v1.1 for:
firmware 1.50+ | firmware 1.00
Upgrade Patch (1.0 > 1.1 — 25KB)

- source: Galactic Breakout (official website)

The addicting homebrew game Galactic Breakout is back and better than ever! The Underminer has made countless improvements — 21 mp3 audio tracks, a total of 70 levels, new graphic effects, and it runs at 333MHz eliminating the cracking sound. Also, players can now submit their high scores to the live ranking system!

CHANGELOG:

• 50 levels and accompanying graphics added
• 19 music tracks added (21 total now)
• added support for WEP encryption (rankings)
• speed ball improved
• increased min/max speeds
• invisible paddle bonus
• inverse paddle bonus
• fruity loops block
• teleport block
• reset added in level editor
• score loss <250.000 at game-over
• possibility to submit final score when game-over
• mp3 track info
• new core, CPU @ 333mhz
• fixed music crackling
• very cool graphic fx

Download Galactic Breakout v1.00 for:
firmware 1.50+ | firmware 1.00

- source: Galactic Breakout

I intended to post this earlier, but after having recently developed an addiction to Brick Breaker on my Blackberry, this new homebrew game captured my attention quite easily. Finally being able to put my PSP aside for a moment, I’m proud to present… (probably deserves a drum roll) The Underminer’s Galactic Breakout! A game that truly resembles the arcade classic. Bust bricks, collect power-ups, cash, weaponry, you name it — just don’t miss the ball on its way back down!

The demo includes 20 out of 70 levels; the remaining 50 aren’t ready yet, but will be available in the [free] full version. Galactic Breakout also features a story mode, level editor, and online rankings.

The Solar system has been taken over by several alien races. Commander Holland leads a few brave men in their heroic efforts to reclaim the galaxy. Are you up to the task of breaking through their rock-solid defense?

Galactic Breakout is a PSP game that reminds of the timeless arcade classic, but it has more than that. It features various bricks with unique properties, and 11 bonusses to collect. The full version will feature 70 levels. GBO has everything that makes a game stand out: Cool gameplay, graphics, music and a storyline. And the best part: it’s free!

Doesn’t get any cooler than that. My word.

Download Galactic Breakout v0.1 Demo for:
1.00 Firmware | 1.50+ Firmware

- source: Galactic Breakout

Andorien has released his first Sony PSP homebrew game, Breakout PSP v0.1 – an adaptation of the classic game Breakout, written in C++.

Rules are simple: move the d-pad or analog stick left/right to control the paddle – bounce the ball and destroy all the blocks in order to advance to the next level.

There are a few known issues which I’ve quoted from Andorien:

Currently, due to the way that the paddle is responding to collision (only changing the y axis velocity), it’s possible to trap the puck within the paddle. It’s not a huge issue, just know that if that happens, the puck will bounce up and down really fast, and if it’s released out of one of the sides, it might as well be random which Y direction it will go.

Also, it seems that if you keep playing over and over (reloading the level again and again), the game will eventually freeze. You can hit the home button and attempt to go back to the menu, but at that point the system will crash. I think I’m getting a buffer overflow, since each time the level loads, it must reload all of the images. However, I don’t know how to clear the buffer, so if anyone could point me in the right direction, I’d very much appreciate it.

Download Breakout PSP v0.1

I personally have not tested this on 2.0+ yet; please feel free to do so and leave your comments below.