- 60/100
- Critics1 review
1987 · Action · Arcade
I, Ball
The player takes the role of the eponymous Ball and gameplay takes the form of a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. It was also one of the first games to feature a wide range of power-ups (via power discs). I Ball featured some memorable synthesised speech.
- Released
- 1987
- Platforms
- Amstrad CPCAtari ST/STECommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXZX Spectrum
- Genres
- ActionArcadeShooter
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Composers
- Rob Hubbard
About
I, Ball is a vertically scrolling shooter published for the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987 by Firebird. It was programmed by Timothy Closs. The C64 version features music written by Rob Hubbard, based on two tunes by Cabaret Voltaire called "Whip Blow" and "I Want You". Hubbard was commissioned to write music based on the style of the band.
The audio also includes synthesised speech.
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
Reviews were largely positive, with CRASH magazine awarding the Spectrum version of the game 90% and describing it as "a great little game with plenty of lasting appeal". Zzap64 awarded the C64 version 80%, calling it "unusual and competent"
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