BreakThru!

Moby ID: 2781
Windows 3.x Specs
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In the award-winning tradition of Tetris, comes BreakThru! This time, your goal is to make as many bricks disappear as you can before time runs out. Click on a group of same-colored bricks to remove bricks and make the wall come tumbling down.

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  • ブレイクスルー - Japanese spelling

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Average score: 64% (based on 17 ratings)

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Average score: 1.8 out of 5 (based on 4 ratings with 1 reviews)

One of the best and most cloned Patijnov productions

The Good
BreakThru! is another of the many games produced and released by Alexei Patijnov (though not really designed by him) after the success of Tetris. Though others, like Welltris, weren't that accessible or addicting and many people were copying and improving his ideas (California Dream's Blockout ), Breakthru remains as one of his most genius and fun games released.

Gameplay consists of the now familiar mechanics of clicking in different groups coloured blocks that are removed after clicking on them. What makes this game better is the many quirks added: there are falling blocks every little span of time (this changes most clone's mechanic of a Game Over screen when only one block of each color is in the screen, as blocks keep on falling), there are some special blocks like bombs, there are spiders and tin cans that can only be removed by bombs, rockets, there is some control of where and how the blocks will fall... Just simple enough to be addictive and complicated enough to be fun for a long time.

The Bad
The Windows music is quite horrible. There is a main tune that sounds like the popular Russian songs featured in Tetris, but there are also some horrible midi funk songs that it is better to switch off.

The game does not have enough variations and rewards to have so many levels. Only the change of background graphics and music seem to be enough for the designers to keep the player intrigued

The Bottom Line
A fun puzzle game as quick and accessible as Tetris with fun variations in its gameplay that kept me hooked to the computer for many afternoons, and my second most favourite "Patijnov endorsed" game. Maybe it's not well known enough because of the avalanche of puzzle-like games like then, but I think it's one of the better ones and I still play it from now to then. Very recommended.

Windows 3.x · by Risingson (15) · 2012

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Love this game! It's totally addicting. Matthew Lindsay Aug 29, 2015

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Game added by Kasey Chang.

Windows 3.x added by POMAH. PlayStation added by Rik Hideto. SEGA Saturn added by Kabushi. SNES added by Mobygamesisreanimated. Game Boy added by Игги Друге.

Additional contributors: ケヴィン.

Game added December 15, 2000. Last modified March 10, 2024.