Is Breakout 2000 on Steam?

No. Breakout 2000 is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Breakout 2000 on?

Breakout 2000 is available on Atari Jaguar.

When did Breakout 2000 release?

Breakout 2000 was first released on January 1, 1997.

Breakout 2000

Jan 1, 1997PuzzleAtari Jaguar

Breakout 2000 — frequently asked questions

Is Breakout 2000 on Steam?: No. Breakout 2000 is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Breakout 2000 on?: Breakout 2000 is available on Atari Jaguar.
When did Breakout 2000 release?: Breakout 2000 was first released on January 1, 1997.

About Breakout 2000

SMASH! POW! CRUNCH! Is your hand/eye coordination up to demolishing field after field of bricks? Breakout 2000 brings back the nostalgia of early gaming days but adds 90's challenges, such as a three-dimensional field and bricks that resist breaking, as well as many powerups and hazards. You can also test your skill against a buddy. Break through your own wall and start working on his. You'll gain bonus points, and he'll go nuts! Who ever said life was fair never played Breakout 2000.

Summary via IGDB.

Breakout 2000 on Wikipedia

Breakout 2000 is a 1996 action video game developed by MP Games and published by Telegames for the Atari Jaguar. As part of Atari Corporation's 2000 series of arcade game revivals, it is a remake of the arcade game Breakout (1976), and one of the last officially licensed releases for the platform. Featuring a similar premise to Breakout, the player must destroy a layer of brick lines by repeatedly bouncing a ball spawned off a paddle into them and keep it in play. Gameplay modifications to the original game include a third-person perspective behind the paddle in a pseudo-3D playfield, power-ups, bonus levels, enemies, varying level designs, and multiplayer features.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari Jaguar

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose

$82

Complete

$149

Sealed

$180

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1996
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Jaguar prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The 2000-series entry that didn't get a Jeff Minter — and it shows.

In the spirit of Atari's arcade-revival series, though published by Telegames after Atari's collapse. The twist is perspective: the playfield tilts into 3D so bricks recede and the ball travels along a depth axis — a reasonable idea that makes judging the ball harder without making it more interesting. Most people default to the included 2D mode. Released the same day as Towers II in Telegames' late-1996 push.

How it was made

MP Games developed the Atari Jaguar version, published by Telegames. Credited: programmed by Mario Perdue, Richard Degler; art by Gary T. Degler; music by Douglas Perdue.

What the press said at the time

Atari Gaming Headquarters	2001	7/10
The Atari Times	#8, January–February 1997	85%
Jaguar Explorer Online	#1, March 27, 1997	4/5
MyAtari	#3, December 2000	3/5
ST-Computer	#125, March 1997	75%
ST Magazine	#113, February 1997	75%

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 16 megabit (2 MB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Catalogue part number J9093E

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Worth knowing

Its programmer nearly got sued by Atari before Atari hired him. Mario Perdue's studio MP Games had written WalZ, a Breakout-style game for the Atari ST. He ported it to Windows 3.1x and the Windows version was never released — the similarity to Breakout was close enough that a lawsuit from Atari looked like a real risk. He then took the same code to Atari, someone there decided it was worth pursuing, and the result is the officially licensed Breakout sequel you are looking at. The game Atari might have sued over became the game Atari commissioned.

Before you buy

Uncommon, modest demand. Telegames-era packaging.

Authenticity & condition — Atari Jaguar

Specific to the format this title shipped in

Buying a Jaguar cartridge

Cartridges are the durable half of this library — the risk is provenance, not decay. The platform has an active post-commercial scene, so the question is usually which era a cartridge is from rather than whether it still works.

Ask for a photo of the label edge and the cartridge back. Reproductions are usually printed on adhesive photo stock and sit proud of the label recess.
Donor shells are the common trick: sanding marks on the back, or adhesive ghosting where an older label was lifted, are the strongest signals.
Cartridges are region-free on this platform, so a cheaper PAL copy plays on a North American console — a price difference is not evidence of a fake.