brick-buster

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Noun[edit]

brick-buster (plural brick-busters)

  1. (video games) Synonym of brick breaker.
    • 1988 August, “Action Packed”, in ST Action, page 2:
      Love them or hate them. Breakout clones are released on the market with extraordinary regularity and just when you think the theme has been exploited to the limits, somebody releases the ultimate brick-buster!
    • 2009, “iPod Click Wheel Games”, in iPod + iPhone Buyers' Guide' 2009‎[1], page 102:
      Lots of levels and cool power-ups make it last longer than most brick-busters.
    • 2016, Pat Contri, Ultimate Guide to the NES Library 1985-1995‎[2], page 313:
      The Power Glove is indeed bad in the literal sense of the word, but not when used for Super Glove Ball, which put a new slant on such brick-busters as Breakout and Arkanoid.
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