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Break Thru

ブレーク・スルー

Description

Pilot a military vehicle, equipped with super jump capability, through enemy territory. You must traverse dangerous mountain passes, bomb-torn bridges, harsh jungle and fortified cities to rescue your PK430 aircraft.

Break Thru was produced by Data East in 1986.

Data East released 178 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Data East was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Data East during the time period Break Thru was produced include: Competition Golf, Boulder Dash DECO, B-Wings, Shootout, Road Blaster, Western Express, Fire Trap, Darwin 4078, Baby In The Hole, and Express Raider

Specs

Name	Break Thru
Developer	Data East (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7213
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireJump
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Break Thru Control Panel Image
Side Art	Break Thru Side Art Image

Video Clips

Break Thru Arcade Gameplay

Break Thru KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.72 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.93

Overall Like	4.33
Fun (Social)	3.33
Fun (Solo)	4.33
Collector Desire	3.33

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay	3.67
Graphics	3.33
Originality	3.67
Sound/Music	3.33

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Break Thru Census

There are 15,387 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,716 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,516 machines (7,025 unique titles).

Common - There are 36 known instances of this machine owned by Break Thru collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 29 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

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Technical

The board set consists of two 12.25 inch by 9 inch PCBs labeled DE-0230-2 and DE-0231-2. The main processor appears to be a 6809 with the sound processor being a 6809 as well. The sound ICs are Yamaha YM2203C and YM3526. The ROM label prefixes are DD.

Manuals

Conversion Kit Installation and Service Manual - Break Thru Manual — **Conversion Kit Installation and Service Manual**
(11 pages, 959 kB File)

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