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Spinal Breakers

1989 1-2 Players 74% Not Rated

Spinal Breakers is a arcade shoot'em up for 1 or 2 players. The story of the game is that in the near future humans have created artificial zombie slaves, called hildroids. After a nuclear blast the hildroid evolve, gain consciousness and start revolting. Somehow the hildroids manage to travel through time and infect past civilisations. The player travels through time and fights off the hildroids in the form of Nazis, ancient Romans, dinosaurs, samurai. There are seven stages, the game starts in Europe in Nazi Germany, then China, Russia, Greece, Egypt, Japan and finally America. Players move left and right in the foreground, while also moving a cursor across the screen to shoot enemies. The player has a machine gun with unlimited ammo, limited grenades to clear the entire screen, and it's possible to roll left or right to avoid incoming bullets.

Release date
December 31, 1989
Developer
V-System
Publisher
V-System Co.
Players
1-2

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Spinal Breakers

Spinal Breakers is a arcade shoot'em up for 1 or 2 players.

The story of the game is that in the near future humans have created artificial zombie slaves, called hildroids. After a nuclear blast the hildroid evolve, gain consciousness and start revolting. Somehow the hildroids manage to travel through time and infect past civilisations.

The player travels through time and fights off the hildroids in the form of Nazis, ancient Romans, dinosaurs, samurai. There are seven stages, the game starts in Europe in Nazi Germany, then China, Russia, Greece, Egypt, Japan and finally America.

Players move left and right in the foreground, while also moving a cursor across the screen to shoot enemies. The player has a machine gun with unlimited ammo, limited grenades to clear the entire screen, and it's possible to roll left or right to avoid incoming bullets.

Genres

Shooter / 3rd Person

Modes

2-Player Simultaneous

Studios and credits

Developer
V-System
Publisher
V-System Co.

Regional releases

Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1989 · Not Rated

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