Plastic Balls

July 31, 2003 8:13 AM

Plastic Balls - addiction alert. Flash alert. (via random abstract)
posted by madamjujujive (11 comments total)

Well there goes today's productivity right down the...

Wonderful as always, madamjujujive!
posted by filmgoerjuan at 8:20 AM on July 31, 2003

Nice spin on Arkanoid. Control of your bat is a bit flaky. For me, half the fun is just watching the ball roll around. With a bit of work this could be great.
posted by jiroczech at 8:30 AM on July 31, 2003

I like it. Got to Level 4 on first game.
posted by rushmc at 8:33 AM on July 31, 2003

Excellent link mjjj. Of course as always I suck at this. :)
posted by riffola at 8:39 AM on July 31, 2003

Thanks, mjjj! As jiroczech mentioned, very reminiscent of Arkanoids / Revenge of DOH, which was my all-time favorite arcade game, only with more control over the rebound. The arrow-key thing took some getting used to, but then I was doing great till I got a phone call and had to abandon it. For now, anyway...
posted by soyjoy at 8:49 AM on July 31, 2003

[this is good]
posted by Orange Goblin at 9:03 AM on July 31, 2003

This rocks, why hasn't someone thought of this before, with all the arkanoid and breakout clones out there. Thanks! And my employer thanks you as well!
posted by jonson at 9:23 AM on July 31, 2003

Very cool. Reminds me a lot of the Atari coin-op Off the Wall, another Breakout clone with goofy physics. Not hyperbolic, but interesting spins and the like.
posted by Nelson at 9:40 AM on July 31, 2003

If I had a control knob instead of using my keyboard, this would be way too addictive. But the controls frustrate my puny brain.

Love the game anyways.
posted by grum@work at 9:55 AM on July 31, 2003

Plastic balls. Plastic balls. (good game, too)
posted by Frank Grimes at 10:05 AM on July 31, 2003

remind me to lock you in a room with 18 quarts of your favorite ice cream sometime, mjj.
posted by divrsional at 7:10 PM on July 31, 2003