Ludography
Sticky Balls cover

2005 · Gizmondo · Puzzle

Sticky Balls

PlayStation console exclusive

Sticky Balls is an action puzzle game published by Gizmondo Studios and developed in Manchester and designed by John and Ste Pickford. Sticky Balls uses a pool-like interface where the player utilizes a spring-loaded rod to shoot brightly colored balls at each other. Bouncing the balls against the table walls doubles the score of the shot but hitting a ball of a different color, or failing to hit anything causes the player to lose a turn.

Released
22 October 2005
Platforms
GizmondoLegacy Mobile DevicePlayStation PortableiOS
Genres
Puzzle
Developers
Gizmondo
Publishers
Gizmondo
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Country
United Kingdom

About

Sticky Balls is a 2005 puzzle video game developed by Gizmondo Studios in Manchester and released on the Gizmondo handheld system. The game was originally designed by Ste and John Pickford and was developed for various platforms, but at the end only the Gizmondo version materialized, and the Pickford brothers had no involvement in this version. Sticky Balls was ported to iOS in 2014.

Media

Sticky Balls screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Sticky Balls uses a pool-like interface where the player utilizes a spring-loaded rod to shoot brightly colored balls at each other. Bouncing the balls against the table walls doubles the score of the shot but hitting a ball of a different color, or failing to hit anything causes the player to lose a turn.

Rather than pocketing the balls in a pocket like in a traditional pool game, the balls must be stuck together in groups of seven to win the stage. As the game progresses, additional power-ups, bonuses and stage designs offer new challenges.

Development

It was initially developed by Zed Two for Pocket PCs. After Zed Two was bought out by Warthog, a version was in development for the PlayStation Portable, until Warthog was bought out by Tiger Telematics and development was switched to the Gizmondo, eventually releasing on May 24, 2005. It became the most popular game on the Gizmondo platform.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe expressed interest in publishing a version for the PlayStation Portable, and although development on a PSP version began, the release failed to materialize before Zed Two's closure.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Gizmondo24 May 2005Europe · North America 22 October 2005
iOS23 May 2014Worldwide
PlayStation PortableCancelledUnreleased
Legacy Mobile DeviceCancelledUnreleased

Games like this

Collections2 collections

Platform libraries

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.