BreakThru! (SNES)

BreakThru!

Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Year: 1995 Developer: Artech Digital Entertainments Buy: Amazon

BreakThru! is a puzzle game developed by Artech and published by Spectrum Holobyte. It was endorsed (but not designed by) the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov.

Like Tetris, the goal is quite simple; different colored blocks appear on the screen and must be cleared. This is done by matching two or more of the same color together. The more matching blocks are cleared, the higher you score, so you want to try to put together as many matching colors as possible before clearing them. There also various powerups that can be dropped occasionally such as one that destroys adjacent blocks or clears an entire row.

The games levels are split off into various locations around the world; Berlin, London, San Francisco, Moscow, New York, Beijing. Naturally, the levels progressively increase in difficulty.

The game received positive reviews upon its release, but was slated for not matching the fun or addictiveness of Tetris.

BreakThru! was released for numerous platforms such as Windows, Game Boy, and even the Japanese-exclusive Playstation and Sega Saturn versions. A Game Gear version was also made, but was left unreleased.

Screenshots

The title screen. Setting up the options.

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Music

The game does not disappoint in the audio department. All the songs are ported from the DOS version, using the lower fidelity instruments that the Super Nintendo could provide. Paul Mogg and Joseph White came together to provide and amazing soundtrack while Andrew Edlen's New York song is really catchy.

Edlen had this to say about the New York music:

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The NY track was intended to invoke midtown taxicabs with a ton of attitude:-} Using a General Midi bank of sounds (waaay before the arrival of the great samples that became possible with faster processors), the horns in particular had a nice, nasal NY feel to them.

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David Warhol programmed and provided to Artech the game's music driver, though he is only credited in the manual for music orchestration and goes by the alias of his company Realtime Associates.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	1:50		Download
02	Berlin	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	1:21		Download
03	London	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	2:14		Download
04	San Fransisco	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	2:21		Download
05	Moscow	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	1:21		Download
06	New York	Andrew Edlen	David Warhol	2:08		Download
07	Beijing	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	3:27		Download
08	Level Complete	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	0:43		Download
09	High Score	Paul Mogg, Joseph White	David Warhol	1:56		Download

Credits

• Ripper: GhostlyDeath, KungFuFurby
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Music Orchestration: David Warhol credited as Realtime Associates
  • Spectrum Holobyte: Music Composition: Paul Mogg
  • Spectrum Holobyte: Music Composition: Joseph White credited as J. White
  • Spectrum Holobyte: Music Composition: Andrew Edlen credited as Andy Edlen
  • ZOO Corporation: Music Composition: Shuusuke Fujii
• Manual Credits:
  • Music Orchestration: David Warhol credited as Realtime Associates

(Source)

The game's credits can be viewed by selecting the credits option at the main menu.

Game Rip

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Releases

USA Title: BreakThru! Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Released: 1995-01-?? Publisher: Spectrum HoloByte

Links

• mobygames.com/game/snes/breakthru - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588230-breakthru - GameFAQs.