<s>
Fireball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Breakout	B-Application
clone	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Arcadia	O
(	O
whose	O
name	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
Starpath	O
"	O
during	O
development	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
tape	I-Device
and	O
required	O
the	O
Starpath	O
Supercharger	O
add-on	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
breakout	B-Application
in	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
ball	O
(	O
a	O
fireball	B-Application
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
)	O
to	O
break-up	O
walls	O
made	O
of	O
bricks	O
by	O
hitting	O
the	O
bricks	O
with	O
the	O
ball	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
shape	O
of	O
the	O
walls	O
changing	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
progresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
differs	O
from	O
breakout	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
rather	O
than	O
just	O
being	O
a	O
bat	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
controls	O
an	O
animated	O
juggler	O
who	O
can	O
catch	O
and	O
throw	O
the	O
ball	O
at	O
the	O
bricks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
traditional	O
Breakout	B-Application
format	O
in	O
that	O
six	O
fireballs	B-Application
may	O
be	O
kept	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
at	O
any	O
one	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
brick	O
that	O
are	O
to	O
be	O
destroyed	O
in	O
each	O
level	O
are	O
arranged	O
in	O
varying	O
shapes/patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
British	O
TV	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
Breakout	B-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
though	O
they	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
challenging	O
and	O
entertaining	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vidiot	O
magazine	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
variation	O
on	O
the	O
Breakout	B-Application
theme	O
yet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
reviewers	O
have	O
been	O
more	O
positive	O
about	O
Fireball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Classic	O
Home	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
1972-1984	O
:	O
A	O
Complete	O
Reference	O
Guide	O
,	O
Brett	O
Weiss	O
described	O
in	O
in-game	O
action	B-Application
as	O
"	O
fun	O
,	O
hectic	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
little	O
challenging	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
