Arcade Archives: Spinal Breakers is an arcade developed by Video System, released 12 June 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Spinal Breakers is
Arcade Archives: Spinal Breakers is an arcade game developed by Video System and released in 2025. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
“SPINAL BREAKERS” is an action shooting game released by VIDEO SYSTEM in 1991. Players take control of Colonel WAFFLE and battle through stages by defeating enemies infected by the artificial lifeform known as “HILDROID.” Dodge enemy attacks using the rotation button while aiming precisely to take them down. The game features three different endings, which vary depending on your performance throughout the playthrough.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Spinal Breakers launched on 12 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dune: Awakening, The Alters and Elden Ring Nightreign. It arrived 12 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Elden Ring Nightreign.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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