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1985 · Hiroshi Ishikawa · Shooter · Platformer
Brain Breaker
Brain Breaker is an epic open-world platform-adventure for the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. It was an early Metroidvania-style game, predating both Metroid and Castlevania. It was designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix in 1985.
- Released
- 31 March 1985
- Platforms
- Sharp X1
- Genres
- ShooterPlatformerPuzzleArcade
- Developers
- Hiroshi Ishikawa
- Publishers
- Enix
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionScience fictionSandboxOpen world
Keywords
- aliens
- motorcycle
- exploration
- mech
- metroidvania
- death
- robots
- androids
- abandonware
- female protagonist
- flight
- action-adventure
Media
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