- Shooter, Arcade, Action
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.
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Plot-driven, spare, cool and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Firebird Software
- Publisher
- Firebird Software
- Released
- December 31, 1987
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 1 ratings.
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