Brain Breaker
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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.
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- Developer
- Hiroshi Ishikawa
- Publisher
- Enix
- Release · Sharp X1
- Worldwide — Q1 1985
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