Ball Jacks
Ball Jacks is a 1993 action video game developed and published by Namco for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan and Europe.
Ball Jacks
- Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ball Jacks was published by Namco.
- Genre
- action game · science fiction video game
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Ball Jacks is a 1993 action video game developed and published by Namco for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan and Europe.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — Namco • Publisher — Namco • Composer — Yoshinori Kawamoto H. Umino • Platforms — Sega Mega Drive • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player Multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — A two-player match is taking place. Ball Jacks is a futuristic action game that involves an ultra-competitive sporting event. Two robot crabs are controlled by men who play the game merely to become wealthy and famous. There is a conveyor belt behind them that spews metal balls at them. The goal is to capture balls that belong to the opponent and keep them from him until time runs out. Balls can also be knocked out from the mechanical hands of the opponent. All damaged crabs must return to the pit area for a quick maintenance and repair session. There are several modes: a world championship against increasingly tougher opponents, a multiplayer versus mode, a training mode, and a time trial where the time limit is the only foe.
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Ball Jacks is associated with Japan.
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Reception
The game was poorly received, with Andy Dyer criticising the graphics, sound, gameplay and size.
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- “Ball Jacks”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Ball Jacks at GameFAQs
- 2.Ball Jacks at MobyGames
- 3.Kadokawa Corporation. Famitsu.
- 4.Sega Corporation. Software List (Software Licensee Release). Sega Hardware Encyclopedia.
- 5.Paragon Publishing. Mega Drive ProReview: Ball Jacks. Sega Pro. 60. July 1993.
- 6.Ball Jacks at Giant Bomb
- 7."Mega" review, Future Publishing, issue 10, page 57, July 1993
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