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Breakers
ブレイカーズ |
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Breakers Revenge
ブレイカーズ・リベンジ |
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Breakers
came as a bit of a surprise to everyone concerned, mainly
due to the fact that it's quite good. It's exceptionally
good in fact.
It almost feels like a third party fighting game like
this shouldn't be such a success. Seriously
- even when compared to the trailblazing King
of Fighters series Visco's effort still holds up
as technically superb, choke full of visual flair and
gameplay innovation. No mean feat for second-raters
Visco.
Indeed, the greatest surprise of all is the fact that
such a random company managed to come up with a title
of this quality, especially considering their other
releases on the format. Andro
Dunos (1992), Puzzle
de Pon! (1995) and Neo
Drift Out (1996) are all perfectly decent productions,
but none of them caused much of a stir.
But then along came Breakers - a ridiculously
fast, playable and entertaining fighting game. Its phenomenal
speed, easy chain combos, and ridiculously over-the-top
'Super Moves' hold together so well it almost seems
unfair to be critical.
The game was a reasonable success in the arcades, and
following its home release on Neo Geo ROM and CD Visco,
seemingly in a panic from the game's unexpected success,
almost immediately rushed out a near-identical, arcade-only
update in 1998, known as Breakers Revenge,
featuring very few chages besides differently coloured
backgrounds, one extra character (Saizo) and a few minor
gameplay tweaks.
Go for it - as cult classic 2D fighting games go, this
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DETAILS
| Format |
Neo
Geo |
| Released |
21
Mar 1997 |
| Publisher |
Visco |
| Product
ID |
NGH-230 |
| Size
(cm) |
22
x 16.5 x 4 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.70 |
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Brace
yourself, because Breakers
had a very limited run on
Neo Geo, and has since become
one of the priciest cartridges
there is. Ouch.
Snap-lock Neo Geo case, 210Mbit
cartridge, monochrome manual. |
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Breakers
ブレイカーズ
NEO GEO CD |
DETAILS
| Format |
Neo
Geo CD |
| Released |
25
Apr 1997 |
| Publisher |
Visco |
| Product
ID |
NGCD-230 |
| Size
(cm) |
14.2
x 12.4 x 1 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.10 |
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Perfect
Neo Geo CD port of Visco's
hectic fighting game that,
just like the ROM cartridge
remains a very popular (and
expensive) item for the Neo
Geo.
'Neo Geo' stamped CD case,
Neo Geo CD CD-ROM disc, monochrome
booklet, spine card. |
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