BreakThru!

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Saturn
Mega Drive

BreakThru!

System(s): Sega Saturn, Mega Drive

Publisher:

Developer:

Licensor: Spectrum HoloByte, Zoo Corporation

Original system(s): Unix

Developer(s) of original games: Zoo Corporation

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Peripherals supported:

Shuttle Mouse

Genre:

Puzzle^[1]^[2]

Puzzle

Number of players:

1-2

1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-09-22^[2]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[3]	T-21501G
US ▼ (Sega Channel)	1996	SUBsub

Non-Sega versions

For the unreleased Game Gear version, see BreakThru! (Game Gear prototype).

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BreakThru! (ブレイクスルー) is a Sega Saturn puzzle game developed by Shoeisha. A port of Zoo Corporation's 1990 Unix puzzle game The Wall, it was published on CD in Japan by BMG Victor in 1995. Spectrum HoloByte, the original version's publisher, had plans to bring BreakThru! to both the Genesis and Game Gear courtesy of developer Realtime Associates in 1994.^[5] While both these cartridge versions would be cancelled before release, the Genesis version actually ended up being broadcast to American Sega Channel subscribers in late 1996.^[4]^[6]

Advertising saw Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov lend his name to the game, despite not being involved in its actual development.

Magazine articles

Main article: BreakThru!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Saturn version

Print advert in (JP) #1995-09: "September 1995" (1995-08-08)

Mega Drive version

Mega Drive/Game Gear print advert in (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[7]

(DE)

NTSC-J

44

^[8]

(JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[9]

(JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[10]

(JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[11]

(DE)

NTSC-J

67

^[12]

	55
Based on 6 reviews

BreakThru!

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: BreakThru!/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

17,409,504

1995-08-01

CD-ROM (JP)

T-21501G V1.000

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

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CRC32	64d7a694
MD5	7001220efdf95c6e02f9ff43960436ac
SHA-1	571bd543320bc67c4103630c804705955bc5250a

128kB

Loose EPROMs

Page

References

↑ File:BreakThru Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 32
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MERwuwZK9YM (Ghostarchive)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 275
↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGAGENESIS/comments/1cu7wu/cant_remember_games_name/?rdt=58081
↑ Famitsu, "1995-09-22" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 38
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 174
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16
↑ Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71

BreakThru!
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[:File:BreakThru_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:BreakThru Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200227195410.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p32-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 32

[https:.2F.2Fghostarchive.org.2Fvarchive.2FMERwuwZK9YM-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MERwuwZK9YM (Ghostarchive)

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p275-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 275

[https:.2F.2Fwww.reddit.com.2Fr.2FSEGAGENESIS.2Fcomments.2F1cu7wu.2Fcant_remember_games_name.2F.3Frdt.3D58081-6] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/SEGAGENESIS/comments/1cu7wu/cant_remember_games_name/?rdt=58081

[7] Famitsu, "1995-09-22" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-02.pdf_p38-8] MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 38

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-12_19951215.pdf_p60-9] Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p174-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 174

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p71-12] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71

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BreakThru!

From Sega Retro

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Saturn version

Mega Drive version

Physical scans

Saturn version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References