3D Stress Ball

October 28, 2003 4:16 PM

3d stress ball [note: shockwave]
posted by crunchland (18 comments total)

Wow. Just...wow! Thanks, there goes my night of productivity.
posted by Grod at 4:26 PM on October 28, 2003

Far more fun than it should be.
posted by Aaorn at 4:31 PM on October 28, 2003

Is it just me, or will Shockwave not install for Firebird?
posted by rushmc at 4:42 PM on October 28, 2003

It's Monkeyball with a jump button and a less useful camera. Great clone, but without monkeys, I dunno...
posted by kevspace at 4:47 PM on October 28, 2003

I'm using Firebird 0.7 on Win2K and it works for me.
posted by jpoulos at 4:59 PM on October 28, 2003

yeh, monkeyball rules and this seems to be an inferior knockoff.

and rushmc, i've had an insane amount of problems installing or playing multi-media plugins w/o it crashing (currently firebird 0.7 win/2k).
posted by poopy at 5:03 PM on October 28, 2003

Saveable link.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 5:03 PM on October 28, 2003

oh, and rushmc, forgot this.
posted by poopy at 5:06 PM on October 28, 2003

Using the mouse to navigate is frustrating because in order to jump you've got to L click ON the ball, thus screwing up the tilt. Can't effectively use a combo of space bar and mouse either.
posted by Feisty at 5:06 PM on October 28, 2003

Monkeyball?

Feh. It's MARBLE MADNESS.
posted by linux at 5:31 PM on October 28, 2003

thank you linux. damn new school gamers don't know the joy of playing a game with a trackball...
posted by joedan at 5:37 PM on October 28, 2003

I thought stress balls were supposed to relieve stress. This is just making me angry. Damn ball keeps falling off.
posted by punishinglemur at 6:00 PM on October 28, 2003

in order to jump you've got to L click ON the ball
No, you don't. L click anywhere. Works for me.
posted by punishinglemur at 6:02 PM on October 28, 2003

Thanks, poopy. I was wondering the same thing as rushmc.

I think it is called a stress ball because it creates stress. Fun, though.
posted by dg at 8:03 PM on October 28, 2003

...you've got to L click ON the ball, thus screwing up the tilt...

no, you just have to click anywhere in the game area - try it.

Yeah this is a clone of Monkeyball, but it's fun and free nonetheless. Both are a variation of Marble madness too, though they play alot different due to the player controlling the board, not the marble. These games are more of a ripoff of those old wooden labyrinth things.
posted by phylum sinter at 9:35 PM on October 28, 2003

Hey, this game is great! Plus, it let's you edit your own levels that can be on a million by million square grid! Cool!
posted by nyukid at 1:33 AM on October 29, 2003

Excellent fun. Cheers.
posted by squealy at 3:48 AM on October 29, 2003

Thanks, poopy...I had to do the registry update, and now it works fine.
posted by rushmc at 7:39 AM on October 29, 2003