Summary

The game was originally released in 1989 for the PC Engine under the title Drop Rock Hora Hora, and subsequently saw a stateside release in 1990 for the TurboGrafx-16

TurboGrafx-16

TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....

 console. It was released on the Virtual Console

Virtual console

A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...

 in North America on July 30, 2007 and in Japan on August 28, 2007. It was released on the Virtual Console in Europe on August 3rd, 2007. The publisher was G-Mode

G-Mode

is a Japanese company that provides mobile network game contents that specialize in Java game software in Japan. It develops and distributes games for Java-compatible mobile phones. The company also licenses contents for mobile telecommunications operators, as well as involves in the original...

, which currently owns the rights to the defunct Data East's games.

The game is a Breakout

Breakout (video game)

Breakout is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and introduced on May 13, 1976. It was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 arcade game Pong, also by Atari. The game was ported to video game consoles and upgraded to video games such as Super Breakout...

clone, where the player moves a paddle back and forth in order to destroy pieces of fruit.