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Ballistix

Ballistix

Credits
Released: 1989 (35 years ago)
Publisher: PsyclapseInfo / Logo
Copyright: PsygnosisInfo / Logos
Conversion: DMA Design
Coder: Mike Dailly
Graphics: Steve Hammond
Musician: Jason C. BrookeInfo
Box Art: Melvyn Grant
Information
Main Control:Joystick (Port 2)
Players:2 Only
Language:English
Retail Price:£9.99 Tape
£14.99 Disk
£3.99 Tape (Sizzlers re-release)
Tape Loader
Bleepload
Used in Psyclapse release (1989)
Categorization
Genre:Arcade, Miscellaneous
Tags:Action, Top-down, Real-time, Arcade
YouTube Links
Review video 03:34
Gansteeth on Mar 3, 2016
Magazine Reviews
ACE, issue 30 (mar 90), p53
Psyclapse full-price release
600/1000
Your Commodore, issue 65 (feb 90), p48
Psyclapse full-price release
62%
Zzap!64, issue 58 (feb 90), p10
Psyclapse full-price release
72%
Zzap!64, issue 77 (sep 91), p73
Sizzlers budget release
78%
Average magazine rating:
Based on 4 magazine reviews
68%

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6 Comments

Sternhammer 2021-10-085/10 (5/10)
Looks nice and could have been a great game but its badly let down but the ballistic physics ironically.
The 'puck' often shoots off in seemingly random directions which fatally undermines the core gameplay.
The single player version is you against gravity which is not enjoyable at all. It really misses a computer opponent.
I'd love to see a remake or a tweaked version of this with the physics corrected and a computer oppenent.
As it stands though its sadly just a 5 out of 10, shame as its a real missed opportunity.
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hammerheadhammerhead 2017-02-133/10 (3/10)
Should at least be fun in 2-player mode, but isn't. It feels kinda random and dislocated from any comprehensible physics.

Disappointing,
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Emperor Roscoe 2010-10-284/10 (4/10)
If only I had another joystick! If I did then this game would be ace. I don't though, so it's a little drab fighting it out against gravity. Until I play the 2 player mode this only gets a 4
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bronsteinbronstein 2009-07-137/10 (7/10)
Psyclapse released no less than four nice 16bit-conversions in 1989, and this one has been the best of these.
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scheme_addict 2004-05-29
I spent a lot of time playing this game. Definitely worth the cash I paid for it.
TWR 2003-02-26
Boring game...

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Other Platforms

Also released for DOS and TurboGrafx-16.