Gameplay
In Ball the user controls a character who must juggle several balls at once, making sure that none of them are accidentally dropped. This can be done by moving his arms left and right, which is controlled with the two face buttons. Once the hand and the ball connects, the ball will be shot upwards and curve to the other side of the character's body. Once a single ball drops, the game is over and the user must restart it. It was this simple, repetitive gameplay that was repeated with many subsequent games. Dull now, but fabulous in 1980.
In Ball the user controls a character who must juggle several balls at once, making sure that none of them are accidentally dropped. This can be done by moving his arms left and right, which is controlled with the two face buttons. Once the hand and the ball connects, the ball will be shot upwards and curve to the other side of the character's body. Once a single ball drops, the game is over and the user must restart it. It was this simple, repetitive gameplay that was repeated with many subsequent games. Dull now, but fabulous in 1980.
Scoring
In Game A the player juggles two balls and are rewarded one point with each successful catch while in Game B they are required to handle three balls and are given ten points for each catch. The highest possible score a user can obtain is 9,999 for Game A and 9,990 for Game B, due to 9,999 not being a multiple of 10.As the game progresses, the ball will start to speed up but the game automatically slows things down after every 100 points obtained by the player.
In Game A the player juggles two balls and are rewarded one point with each successful catch while in Game B they are required to handle three balls and are given ten points for each catch. The highest possible score a user can obtain is 9,999 for Game A and 9,990 for Game B, due to 9,999 not being a multiple of 10.As the game progresses, the ball will start to speed up but the game automatically slows things down after every 100 points obtained by the player.
Trivia
Had Ball been a failure, the future
of the franchise and conceivably the company's video game business would have
possibly been less likely to survive. Because of its success, however, many
more Game & Watch games were developed and the game itself was remade or re-released
several times.
Ball was re-released as part of Nintendo's reward system
Estimated Value (Aug 2013)
Box and Instructions: £120-£150
Without box: £40-£60
Re-release: £20-£30
Box and Instructions: £120-£150
Without box: £40-£60
Re-release: £20-£30
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