''The Berlin Wall'' (released as in Japan) is a 1–2 player

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Kaneko , stylized as KANEJapanese

Berlin Wall. A

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version was also released exclusively in Japan; this version was going to be released in North America, but was canceled. The player takes control of a young boy who must use his hammer to break the blocks that form part of the platform levels comprising 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

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or power-ups, which can then be collected and used. Part of the money earned from sales of the arcade version went towards a relief fund for disaster victims through the

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. The game bears a number of similarities to ''

Space Panic is a 1980 arcade game designed by Universal. Predating Nintendo's ''Donkey Kong'', and lacking a jump mechanic, ''Space Panic'' was the first game involving climbing ladders between walkable platforms. The genre was initially labeled as "climbi ...

'', a game generally considered as the first platform video game.

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