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[[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. | [[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. | + | 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{{ref|https://archive.is/NMZgm|https://www.smspower.org/forums/18638-UnreleasedBreakThruForTheGameGear}}. |
==Technical information== | ==Technical information== | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 30 December 2021
| BreakThru! | ||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||
| Publisher: BMG Victor | ||||||||||
| Developer: Shoeisha | ||||||||||
| Original system(s): PC | ||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Zoo Corporation | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track) | ||||||||||
| Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse | ||||||||||
| Genre: Puzzle[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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
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55 |
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| Based on 6 reviews | |
| Saturn, JP |
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  Cover
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_Saturn_JP_Spinecard.jpg){kind=small} Spinecard  Disc |
Unreleased versions
| BreakThru! |
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| 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 |
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78 |
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| Based on 2 reviews | |
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[12].
Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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17,409,504 | 1995-08-01 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-21501G V1.000 | |||||||||
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 59
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 30
- ↑ https://www.smspower.org/forums/18638-UnreleasedBreakThruForTheGameGear (archive.today)
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