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BreakThru!

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: BMG Victor

Developer: Shoeisha

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	¥5,8005,800	T-21501G

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The Wall is a 1993 Same Game clone for home computers by Japanese developer Zoo Corporation, late 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

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[3]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

44

^[4]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[5]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[6]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[2]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

67

^[7]

	55
Based on 6 reviews

BreakThru!

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Unreleased versions

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.

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

References

↑ File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf, page 174
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 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
↑ Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p174-1] File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf, page 174

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content

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

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-02.pdf_p38-4] MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 38

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-12_19951215.pdf_p60-5] Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p174-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 174

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p71-7] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71

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 {{sub-stub}}''The Wall'' is a 1993 Same Game clone for home computers by Japanese developer [[Zoo Corporation]], late 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.
-[[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.
 Advertising saw ''Tetris'' creator Alexey Pajitnov lend his name to the game, however Pajitnov was not involved in its development.
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+==Unreleased versions==
+[[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.
 ==Technical information==

Difference between revisions of "BreakThru!"

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Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Unreleased versions

Technical information

ROM dump status

References