The Berlin Wall (video game)

The Berlin Wall
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Kaneko Inter State (Game Gear)
Publisher(s)	Kaneko
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Arcade, Game Gear
Release	Arcade: 1991 (Japan and Europe) Game Gear: JP: November 29, 1991
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player, Up to 2 players, alternating turns

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.

This game bears a number of similarities to Space Panic, a game generally considered as the first platform video game.

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