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{{stub}}'''''Berlin no Kabe''''' (ベルリンの壁), called '''''The Berlin Wall''''' internationally, is a 1991 arcade game by [[Kaneko]] ported to the [[Sega Game Gear]] exclusively in Japan the same year. A [[Sega Mega Drive]] port was in development but would be reskinned into ''[[Wani Wani World]]''. Likewise a North American Game Gear version was advertised, but cancelled for unknown reasons.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ベルリンの壁) is a [[Sega Game Gear]] puzzle action game developed by [[Inter State]]{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Inter_State}} and published by [[Kaneko]].{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Inter_State}} A port of the publisher's 1991 arcade game ''[[wikipedia:The Berlin Wall (video game)|The Berlin Wall]]'', it was released exclusively in Japan in November 1991.
  
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Each level consists of ladders and platforms. Each platform can be broken with your hammer ({{2}}). The goal of each level is to try to get the enemies to fall into the holes. When an enemy falls into a hole, you have a limited time go to that enemy and hit it again to destroy it. The level ends when all enemies are destroyed. {{1}} recreates blocks you already destroyed, in case you get stuck. At the end of every level you can go to a shop to buy things, a quick bonus stage, and then a boss.
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A United States release was once advertised, but ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons.{{fileref|BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg}}
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==Story==
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A boy must rescue his mother, who has become trapped in Berlin World behind a wall. A mysterious old man gives the boy a magical hammer to use.
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==Gameplay==
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{{ScreenThumb|Berlin no Kabe, Stage 1-1.png|width=160|Gameplay}}
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The game is a puzzle platformer. Each stage is a single screen with no scrolling and consists of ladders and platforms. The player takes control of a young boy who must use his hammer to break the floors of the stages. These holes act as traps for the many patrolling, multi-colored monsters. Once one has fallen into a hole, the player has a limited time to use the hammer on the monster (or jump on it from a higher platform) to make it fall through the hole and down to the platform below, causing it to transform into items that can then be collected (and also restoring the platforms of any holes that they fall through). Monsters explode when they are defeated, which can defeat other nearby enemies. The behavior of enemies varies depending on their color, with blue and green enemies having simple movement patterns and yellow and red enemies being more aggressive. The stage ends when all of the monsters have been defeated.
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Each world consists of five levels and a boss fight. There is a two-player mode where two players cooperate and play simultaneously over a [[Gear-to-Gear Cable]].
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The boy walks with {{left}} and {{right}} and climbs ladders with {{up}} and {{down}}. Falling through the bottom of the screen causes him to loop around and fall back through. He swings his hammer with {{1}}, which cannot be used to attack enemies directly but can be used to break holes in platforms. It takes three swings to dig a hole. The boy can cover a hole when standing adjacent to it with {{2}}, so he can walk over it again.
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Each world contains one stage in which, if certain conditions are met, a door appears that transports the boy to an area with a shop where the player can buy special items with points and play a quick bonus stage for more points:{{ref|https://www.smspower.org/Cheats/BerlinNoKabe-GG}}
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*'''Stage 1-5:''' Defeat all enemies.
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*'''Stage 2-3:''' Defeat all enemies.
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*'''Stage 3-1:''' Make the thousands digit of the score even.
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*'''Stage 4-3:''' Fall off a platform at least 15 times before the last enemy is destroyed.
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*'''Stage 5-2:''' Dig exactly 7 holes by the end of the stage.
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If the player finds all of the secret doors, the boy fights all five bosses again to receive the good ending (which includes pictures of the actual [[wikipedia:Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall]], which had fallen two years prior).
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The boy loses a life if he touches a monster but revives if the player has extra lives remaining. Stages are timed, and the boy loses a life and must restart the stage if time runs out. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, also losing any item effects, but it can be continued if the player has credits remaining. The player can set the starting lives and credits in the options before starting the game.
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===Items===
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====Stages====
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These items are dropped by defeated monsters in stages.
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=50|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=プラスタイマー (Plus Timer)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Adds 30 seconds to the timer, up to a maximum of 150 seconds.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ハンマー (Hammer)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Empowers the boy's hammer so it digs holes in a single blow. Lasts until the end of the stage.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ドラゴンスーツ (Dragon Suit)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Makes the boy invulnerable for a duration. He cannot use his hammer or dig holes while wearing the Dragon Suit but can instead attack enemies directly by spitting fireballs with {{1}} or {{2}}.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=全滅アイテム (Annihilation)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Destroys all monsters in the stage.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ケーキ小 (Small Cake)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=16}}
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| desc=Awards 50 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ケーキ中 (Middle Cake)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=16}}
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| desc=Awards 200 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ケーキ大 (Large Cake)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=48 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=16}}
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| desc=Awards 1,000 points.
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}}
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}}
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====Shop====
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{{ScreenThumb|Berlin no Kabe, Store.png|width=160|Shop}}
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These items can be bought in the shop in exchange for points. Item effects last until the player gets a game over.
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=50|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ゴールドハンマー (Gold Hammer)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=32}}
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| desc=Empowers the boy's hammer so it digs holes in a single blow. Costs 500 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ジャンプシューズ (Jump Shoes)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=32}}
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| desc=Allows the boy to jump with {{1}}+{{2}}. Costs 1,000 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ワンアップ (1-Up)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=32}}
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| desc=Gives the player an extra life. Costs 5,000 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=バリア (Barrier)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=32}}
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| desc=Protects the boy with a barrier that absorbs 3 hits from enemies. Costs 3,500 points.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=ダブルアップ (Double Up)
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| bgcolor=#021eaa
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| sprite={{sprite | Berlin no Kabe, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=32}}
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| desc=Doubles the points awarded. Costs 2,000 points.
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}}
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}}
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===Stages===
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Maps}}
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==History==
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===Legacy===
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The original arcade game was also ported to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in January 1992 as ''[[Wani Wani World]]''.
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==Production credits==
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{{CreditsNeeded|pdf=Berlin no Kabe GG credits.pdf}}
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
  
 
==Promotional material==
 
==Promotional material==
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BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg|US print advert
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|{{gitem|AeroBlastersBerlinWall MD US Flyer.jpg|US flyer}}
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|{{gitem|BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg|US print advert}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd|mdfan|18|92}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1991-12|24}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1992-01|28}}
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}}
  
 
==Physical scans==
 
==Physical scans==
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| joystick=87
 
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| joystick_source={{num|23|page=115}}
 
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| segapro=92
 
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==Technical information==
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===ROM dump status===
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{{romtable|
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{{rom|GG|sha1=1D58D3D8B957D33BAB8B50AE60DC0C31EAFC08AF|md5=B185DB77AA6A448EB9B8C60F1CAB8F27|crc32=325B1797|size=256kB|date= |source=Cartridge (JP)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
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==External links==
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
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Latest revision as of 08:41, 18 April 2024

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BerlinNoKabe GGTitleScreen.png

Berlin no Kabe
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Kaneko[1]
Developer:
Genre: Action[2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥3,800 (3,914)3,800e[4] T-33017

Berlin no Kabe (ベルリンの壁) is a Sega Game Gear puzzle action game developed by Inter State[1] and published by Kaneko.[1] A port of the publisher's 1991 arcade game The Berlin Wall, it was released exclusively in Japan in November 1991.

A United States release was once advertised, but ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons.[5]

Story

A boy must rescue his mother, who has become trapped in Berlin World behind a wall. A mysterious old man gives the boy a magical hammer to use.

Gameplay

Berlin no Kabe, Stage 1-1.png

Gameplay

The game is a puzzle platformer. Each stage is a single screen with no scrolling and consists of ladders and platforms. The player takes control of a young boy who must use his hammer to break the floors of the stages. These holes act as traps for the many patrolling, multi-colored monsters. Once one has fallen into a hole, the player has a limited time to use the hammer on the monster (or jump on it from a higher platform) to make it fall through the hole and down to the platform below, causing it to transform into items that can then be collected (and also restoring the platforms of any holes that they fall through). Monsters explode when they are defeated, which can defeat other nearby enemies. The behavior of enemies varies depending on their color, with blue and green enemies having simple movement patterns and yellow and red enemies being more aggressive. The stage ends when all of the monsters have been defeated.

Each world consists of five levels and a boss fight. There is a two-player mode where two players cooperate and play simultaneously over a Gear-to-Gear Cable.

The boy walks with Left and Right and climbs ladders with Up and Down. Falling through the bottom of the screen causes him to loop around and fall back through. He swings his hammer with 1, which cannot be used to attack enemies directly but can be used to break holes in platforms. It takes three swings to dig a hole. The boy can cover a hole when standing adjacent to it with 2, so he can walk over it again.

Each world contains one stage in which, if certain conditions are met, a door appears that transports the boy to an area with a shop where the player can buy special items with points and play a quick bonus stage for more points:[6]

  • Stage 1-5: Defeat all enemies.
  • Stage 2-3: Defeat all enemies.
  • Stage 3-1: Make the thousands digit of the score even.
  • Stage 4-3: Fall off a platform at least 15 times before the last enemy is destroyed.
  • Stage 5-2: Dig exactly 7 holes by the end of the stage.

If the player finds all of the secret doors, the boy fights all five bosses again to receive the good ending (which includes pictures of the actual Berlin Wall, which had fallen two years prior).

The boy loses a life if he touches a monster but revives if the player has extra lives remaining. Stages are timed, and the boy loses a life and must restart the stage if time runs out. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, also losing any item effects, but it can be continued if the player has credits remaining. The player can set the starting lives and credits in the options before starting the game.

Items

Stages

These items are dropped by defeated monsters in stages.

Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 プラスタイマー (Plus Timer)
Adds 30 seconds to the timer, up to a maximum of 150 seconds.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ハンマー (Hammer)
Empowers the boy's hammer so it digs holes in a single blow. Lasts until the end of the stage.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ドラゴンスーツ (Dragon Suit)
Makes the boy invulnerable for a duration. He cannot use his hammer or dig holes while wearing the Dragon Suit but can instead attack enemies directly by spitting fireballs with 1 or 2.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 全滅アイテム (Annihilation)
Destroys all monsters in the stage.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ケーキ小 (Small Cake)
Awards 50 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ケーキ中 (Middle Cake)
Awards 200 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ケーキ大 (Large Cake)
Awards 1,000 points.

Shop

Berlin no Kabe, Store.png

Shop

These items can be bought in the shop in exchange for points. Item effects last until the player gets a game over.

Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ゴールドハンマー (Gold Hammer)
Empowers the boy's hammer so it digs holes in a single blow. Costs 500 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ジャンプシューズ (Jump Shoes)
Allows the boy to jump with 1+2. Costs 1,000 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ワンアップ (1-Up)
Gives the player an extra life. Costs 5,000 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 バリア (Barrier)
Protects the boy with a barrier that absorbs 3 hits from enemies. Costs 3,500 points.
Berlin no Kabe, Items.png
 ダブルアップ (Double Up)
Doubles the points awarded. Costs 2,000 points.

Stages

Main article: Berlin no Kabe/Maps.

History

Legacy

The original arcade game was also ported to the Sega Mega Drive in January 1992 as Wani Wani World.

Production credits

 This article needs a list of production credits, either from the game itself, a manual, or other reliable source.
Source: Berlin no Kabe GG credits.pdf

Magazine articles

Main article: Berlin no Kabe/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

AeroBlastersBerlinWall MD US Flyer.jpg
US flyer
AeroBlastersBerlinWall MD US Flyer.jpg
BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg
US print advert
BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #18: "July 1991" (1991-06-08)
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-12: "December 1991" (1991-11-08)
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)
Logo-pdf.svg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[7]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
90
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
45
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[10]
Joystick (FR)
87
[11]
Power Play (DE)
64
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
92
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
88
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
47
[15]
Video Games (DE)
65
[16]
Sega Game Gear
 68
Based on
10 reviews

Berlin no Kabe

Game Gear, JP
BerlinWall GG JP Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngBerlinWall GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
BerlinWall GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Berlin No Kabe GG JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 325b1797
MD5 b185db77aa6a448eb9b8c60f1cab8f27
SHA-1 1d58d3d8b957d33bab8b50ae60dc0c31eafc08af
256kB Cartridge (JP)

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Inter_State
  2. ↑ File:BerlinWall GG JP Box Front.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  4. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 92
  5. ↑ File:BerlinWall GG US PrintAdvert.jpg
  6. ↑ https://www.smspower.org/Cheats/BerlinNoKabe-GG
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 32
  8. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 147
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-06" (JP; 1991-11-22), page 42
  10. ↑ Hippon Super, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-04), page 115
  11. ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 115
  12. ↑ Power Play, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-15), page 159
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 32
  14. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  16. ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 93


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