Beat Ball
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Beat Ball is a freeware breakout clone game PC
that was created by Stefan Persson, also known under the alias Imphenzia Games, using the Game Maker
software. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen and the objective, as with any breakout clone, is to use a bouncing ball to remove blocks on the upper half of the screen. The player progresses to a new level once all the removable bricks have been removed. In Beat Ball there are a total of 120 levels. As some blocks are removed random pickups, or power-ups, are released which the player may collect in order to modify the attributes of the level, paddle or ball. Some pickups are advantageous whilst others are of disadvantage.
The idea behind this particular clone, which also spawned the name of the game, is the inclusion of 30 minutes of electronic music. The game was purposely created to promote the music of Imphenzia as a marketing strategy to reach a wider audience.
The first version of Beat Ball, 1.0 (2002), contained 60 levels but later the same year with the release of version 1.5 added yet another 60 levels. The current version of Beat Ball is 1.52 with a downsized alternative version also available named Beat Ball 1.52 Lite which does not feature the electronic music.
Beat Ball was featured in the German magazine Computer Bild Spiele and distributed with the accompanying CD-ROM in 2004.
(2006), was released as a shareware and also features a level editor and high scores that may optionally be published to the Internet.
IBM PC
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...
that was created by Stefan Persson, also known under the alias Imphenzia Games, using the Game Maker
Game Maker
GameMaker is a Windows and Mac IDE originally developed by Mark Overmars in the Delphi programming language. It is currently developed and published by YoYo Games, a software company in which Overmars is involved...
software. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen and the objective, as with any breakout clone, is to use a bouncing ball to remove blocks on the upper half of the screen. The player progresses to a new level once all the removable bricks have been removed. In Beat Ball there are a total of 120 levels. As some blocks are removed random pickups, or power-ups, are released which the player may collect in order to modify the attributes of the level, paddle or ball. Some pickups are advantageous whilst others are of disadvantage.
The idea behind this particular clone, which also spawned the name of the game, is the inclusion of 30 minutes of electronic music. The game was purposely created to promote the music of Imphenzia as a marketing strategy to reach a wider audience.
The first version of Beat Ball, 1.0 (2002), contained 60 levels but later the same year with the release of version 1.5 added yet another 60 levels. The current version of Beat Ball is 1.52 with a downsized alternative version also available named Beat Ball 1.52 Lite which does not feature the electronic music.
Beat Ball was featured in the German magazine Computer Bild Spiele and distributed with the accompanying CD-ROM in 2004.
Sequels
The sequel, Beat Ball 2Beat Ball 2
The computer game Beat Ball 2 is the sequel to Beat Ball , both breakout clones for the PC, Windows platform. Beat Ball 2 was developed by Stefan Persson, Imphenzia Games, using Blitz3D which a version of the Blitz BASIC language...
(2006), was released as a shareware and also features a level editor and high scores that may optionally be published to the Internet.
External links
- Homepage of Beat Ball - The game and additional information may be located on this site.