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Google plants Atari Breakout Easter egg in Images search

To commemorate the 37th anniversary of the creation of Breakout, the search giant has placed a playable Easter Egg in its Google Images search.

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Type “Atari Breakout” in Google’s Images search and you get this.

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By Raju Mudhar Podcast Co-Host/Producer

Google’s got game, once again. To commemorate the 37th anniversary of the creation of Breakout, the search giant has placed a playable Easter Egg in its images search.

To activate the game, simply type “Atari Breakout” in the search field . The result returned is the familiar brick and with a paddle that is controlled by your mouse.

Raju Mudhar

Raju Mudhar is a Toronto-based reporter for the Star covering city life. Reach him via email: rmudhar@thestar.ca

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