<s>
is	O
a	O
tile-matching	B-Application
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
Shoeisha	O
ported/published	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
commonly	O
attributed	O
to	O
being	O
designed	O
by	O
Alexey	O
Pajitnov	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
originally	O
designed	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
who	O
first	O
published	O
Tetris	B-Device
outside	O
of	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
,	O
Pajitnov	O
's	O
home	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Back	O
Game	O
Cover	O
,	O
PC	O
Version	O
,	O
:	O
"	O
BreakThru	B-Application
carries	O
on	O
the	O
challenging	O
and	O
addicting	O
tradition	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Device
and	O
I	O
am	O
proud	O
to	O
endorse	O
this	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
playable	O
on	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
exclusively	O
through	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
subscription	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
subscribers	O
to	O
temporarily	O
download	O
games	O
to	O
their	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
system	O
for	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
left	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
were	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
praised	O
a	O
few	O
aspects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
reverse	O
approaching	O
blocks	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
eye-straining	O
graphics	O
"	O
severely	O
hamper	O
the	O
gameplay	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
Tetris	B-Device
has	O
simple	O
,	O
easy-to-see	O
shapes	O
that	O
fall	O
individually	O
,	O
BreakThru	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
commented	O
that	O
this	O
problem	O
is	O
considerably	O
alleviated	O
when	O
playing	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
gave	O
a	O
more	O
positive	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
a	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
OK	O
"	O
but	O
too	O
derivative	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Device
to	O
be	O
of	O
real	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
Honest	O
Gamers''	O
appreciated	O
the	O
initial	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
how	O
it	O
frequently	O
degrades	O
into	O
slow	O
and	O
frustrating	O
gameplay	O
once	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
remaining	O
squares	O
match	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
