BreakThru!

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BreakThru!
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: BMG Victor
Developer: Shoeisha
Licensor: Spectrum HoloByte, Zoo Corporation
Original system(s): PC
Developer(s) of original games: Zoo Corporation
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse
Genre: Puzzle
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1995-09-22 ¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e T-21501G
Non-Sega versions Game Boy PlayStation Super NES Windows PC

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The Wall is a 1993 Same Game clone for home computers by Japanese developer Zoo Corporation, later published by Spectrum HoloByte as BreakThru! (ブレイクスルー). It was brought to the Sega Saturn in 1995 and released exclusively in Japan.

Advertising saw Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov lend his name to the game, however Pajitnov was not involved in its development.

Magazine articles

Main article: BreakThru!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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

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

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 55 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 44 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 58 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 53 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 53 Video Games (DE) NTSC-J 67

	55
Based on 6 reviews

BreakThru!

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Unreleased versions

BreakThru!
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Spectrum HoloByte
Developer: Realtime Associates
State before cancellation: Late in development
Status of prototype(s): Game Gear prototype dumped

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 70 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 85

	78
Based on 2 reviews

BreakThru!

Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear versions were advertised in 1994 for the North American market, but did not materialise, likely for the same reasons WildSnake was cancelled. Nintendo versions advertised at the same time were released, however.

In August 2021, a late prototype of the Game Gear version was dumped from loose EPROMs recovered by the Video Game History Foundation on behalf of an anonymous collector, and was released on the SMS Power! forums.

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
?	CRC32 64d7a694 MD5 7001220efdf95c6e02f9ff43960436ac SHA-1 571bd543320bc67c4103630c804705955bc5250a	128kB		Loose EPROMs				Page