The Berlin Wall (video game)
The Berlin Wall (also known as Berlin no Kabe (ベルリンの壁)) is a 1-2 player platform arcade game released by Kaneko in 1991, 2 years after the fall of the actual Berlin Wall. A wall was made post-WWII, separating the country of Germany. However, the people of Germany despised it and now the player gets to destroy it. They take control of a young boy who must use his hammer to break the blocks that form part of the platform levels that create each stage. These holes act as falling traps for the many patrolling, multi-coloured monsters and once one has fallen into a hole, the player may then use the hammer on the monster to make it fall through the hole and down to the platform below – causing it to transform into fruit or power-ups, which can then be collected and used.
| The Berlin Wall | |
|---|---|
 North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Kaneko Inter State[1] (Game Gear) |
| Publisher(s) | Kaneko |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Game Gear |
| Release | Arcade: 1991 (Japan and Europe) Game Gear:
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| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet | Horizontal |
| CPU | 68000 |
| Sound | AY8910, MSM6295 |
| Display | Raster, 256 × 224 pixels, 34816 colors |
This game bears a number of similarities to Space Panic, a game generally considered as the first platform video game.
References
- Inter State at Game Developer Research Institute
External links
- The Berlin Wall (Arcade) at Arcade History
- The Berlin Wall (Arcade) at KLOV
- The Berlin Wall (Game Gear) at GameFAQs
- The Berlin Wall (instruction manual) at The Gay Gamer
