Spinal Breakers

Spinal Breakers
Spinal Breakers
	Arcade flyer
Developer	V-System
Publishers	JP: V-System; NA: Sammy Corporation;
Platform	Arcade
Release	JP: January 1991; NA: April 1991;
Genre	Shooting gallery
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Spinal Breakers^[a] is a 1991 shooting gallery video game developed and published by V-System for arcades.^[1] It was released in Japan in January 1991 and in North America in April 1991 by Sammy Corporation.^[2] Hamster Corporation acquired the game's rights alongside Video System's properties, releasing the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in June 2025.^[3]

Gameplay

Players control time-traveling soldier Colonel Waffle, who must defeat people infected by an artificial life form named Hildroid while navigating levels set in a number of locations and time periods such as Nazi Germany, Shaolin Monastery, Russia during the Stone Age, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Japan during the Sengoku period and eventually the United States in 1980.^[4] The player moves through an automatically scrolling level while shooting enemies, blowing them up with bombs and dodging bullets. Obstacles can be destroyed to acquire extra ammunition, bombs or bonus points. Three different endings are available depending on the player's performance.^[5]

Notes

↑ Japanese: スパイナルブレーカーズ, Hepburn: Supainaru Burēkāzu

References

↑ ビデオシステム製照準移動で狙撃「スパイナルブレーカーズ」基板 (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 395. January 1, 1991. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 59, 130. ISBN 978-4990251215.
↑ Yarwood, Jack (June 11, 2025). "Break Nazi Spines In This Bizarre 2-Player Shooter, Coming To Arcade Archives This Week". Time Extension. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
↑ "【アケアカ】『スパイナルブレーカーズ』6月12日発売。ワッフル大佐が活躍する、3種のエンディングが印象的なアクションシューティング | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2026.
↑ "アクションシューティングゲーム「アーケードアーカイブススパイナルブレーカーズ」が6月12日に配信決定". GAME Watch (in Japanese). June 11, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

[1] Japanese: スパイナルブレーカーズ, Hepburn: Supainaru Burēkāzu

[2] ビデオシステム製照準移動で狙撃「スパイナルブレーカーズ」基板 (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 395. January 1, 1991. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

[:0-3] Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 59, 130. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[4] Yarwood, Jack (June 11, 2025). "Break Nazi Spines In This Bizarre 2-Player Shooter, Coming To Arcade Archives This Week". Time Extension. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

[5] "【アケアカ】『スパイナルブレーカーズ』6月12日発売。ワッフル大佐が活躍する、3種のエンディングが印象的なアクションシューティング | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2026.

[6] "アクションシューティングゲーム「アーケードアーカイブススパイナルブレーカーズ」が6月12日に配信決定". GAME Watch (in Japanese). June 11, 2025. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

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