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Which came first: Breakout or Email?

Email came first, in 1971 (first sent). Breakout followed 5 years later, in 1976 (released).

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  1. Second1976

    Breakout

    game · released

    Breakout, from 1976, was built with help from Steve Wozniak.

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  2. First1971

    Email

    invention · first sent

    The first email sent over the ARPANET network went out in 1971 and introduced the @ sign in addresses.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.