Ballistix

aka: Ballistix!, Thunder Ball
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Description official description

Psygnosis' Ballistix is an arcade game in which you have to manipulate a ball in order to score a goal with your opponent. To do this, you will control an arrow that defines a direction, and pressing the fire key will launch a ball from this arrow in the direction the arrow points to; by launching balls at correct angles, you will manipulate the main ball and control the way it moves. Ballistix also keeps certain physics laws (namely gravity and friction), and will present you with varying obstacles in either one or two player mode.

Spellings

  • ื›ื“ื•ืจ ื”ืจืขื - Hebrew spelling
  • ใƒใƒชใ‚นใƒ†ใ‚ฃใƒƒใ‚ฏใ‚น - Japanese spelling

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Credits (DOS version)

6 People

Original by
Code (PC Version)
GFX (PC Version)
SFX (PC Version)

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 66% (based on 21 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 19 ratings with 1 reviews)

Fast cross between air hockey and pinball.

The Good
Excellent adaptation of a game called crossfire. You have a puck that you have to shoot little balls at till you get it into your opponents goal. Very good turbo grafx 16 game also

The Bad
The computer player is kinda stupid.

The Bottom Line
Action airhockey pinball shufflepuck type game.

DOS · by gametrader (208) · 2000

Trivia

Cover art

The game's cover art is a painting by Melvyn Grant called Steel Tsar. It was originally used as the cover for Michael Moorcock's 1981 novel The Steel Tsar, and also appeared on the 1987 reissue of Rocka Rolla, the first album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest.

Awards

  • ST Format
    • January 1990 (Issue #06) - Included in the list 50 Games of the Year. Category "Real Dogs"

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Identifiers +

  • MobyGames ID: 2052

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Tomer Gabel.

Commodore 64 added by Quapil. Electron added by fwibbler. TurboGrafx-16 added by Oyn. BBC Micro added by Kabushi. Amiga, Atari ST added by Servo.

Additional contributors: Terok Nor, Alaka, Martin Smith, formercontrib, Crawly, Patrick Bregger, Jo ST, Kayburt.

Game added July 27th, 2000. Last modified August 17th, 2023.