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Breakers

Somewhere in Hong Kong, two martial artists face each other in a vast courtyard. The challenger is a stout man in brown skin. The ground has been tainted with blood. However, his crescent blade hasn't touched…

31 December 1986

Breakers is an adventure developed by Synapse Software Corporation, released 31 December 1986 on Apple II, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Breakers is

Breakers is an adventure game developed by Synapse Software Corporation and released in 1986. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Apple II, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS. It runs on BTZ.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Somewhere in Hong Kong, two martial artists face each other in a vast courtyard. The challenger is a stout man in brown skin. The ground has been tainted with blood. However, his crescent blade hasn't touched his opponent yet. It was a one-sided battle. He was already exhausted and it won't be long before he would fall. "Fool, you will become one of my family" resounded the opponent's voice, as the challenger crumbled to the floor and was turned into sand. The Fighting Instinct Tournament, or FIST, is a tournament as fierce as its name suggests. There was no shortage of martial artists who entered the tournament seeking fame, and yet there were many who left the tournament as corpses. The…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Breakers launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

Quick answers

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When did Breakers come out?
Breakers was released on 31 December 1986 for Apple II, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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