Rocketball
Rocketball is a sports-action Commodore 64 computer game released by IJK Software in 1985. Coded by John Sinclair and has music by L Pilling. Based on the futuristic sports movie Rollerball, released in 1975, starring James Caan.
Rocketball
- Date
- 1985
- Genre
- sports video game
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Rocketball is a sports-action Commodore 64 computer game released by IJK Software in 1985. Coded by John Sinclair and has music by L Pilling. Based on the futuristic sports movie Rollerball, released in 1975, starring James Caan.
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Rocketballs taglines were, "The rules are, there are no rules", and "This was never meant to be a game."
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• Title — Rocketball • Developer — IJK Software • Publisher — IJK Software • Released — 1985 • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Commodore 64
Gameplay
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Rocketball is set in the year 2010 AD, where worldwide disputes are no longer settled through wars, but through a circular Rocket Ball arena. The game is similar to Roller Derby in that two teams on roller skates travel counter-clockwise around a banked, circular track. The object of the game is to score points by throwing a softball-sized metal ball into a cone-shaped goal target inset into the wall of the arena. Balls are fired into play, in the same direction players skate, by cannons when play begins and to restart play after the ball rolls out of play or a goal is scored. Players can use fists, elbows and knees to disable their opponents. Each Rocketball team has five active players on roller skates. Unlike the film, there are no players riding motorcycles. The four Rocketball teams are Houston (wearing blue), Tokyo (yellow), Moscow (burgundy) and Madrid (Green), which correspond to futuristic city states. (The teams Houston, Tokyo and Madrid also featured in the Rollerball film.) Games have a duration of ten minutes.
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Rocketball came in a Single Cassette Case. It boasted super-smooth scrolling, being written in 100% machine code, and a shadow on the ball.
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- 1.Rocket Ball.
- 2.Commodore 64 – Rocket Ball Page
- 3.Rocket Ball – Play the Commodore 64 sports game Rocket Ball online (released 1988)
- 4.IJK SOFTWARE &THE COMMODORE 64: Together We'll Make Your Heart Beat Faster. Commodore Horizons. May 1985.
- 5.Rocket Ball
- 6.C64 games – game
- 7.STADIUM 64 – Game Infos: Rocket Ball
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