Ballblazer
Video Game
Tim Schafer...he mentioned he was a fan of Ballblaster - at which point the interviewer, David Fox, informed him that this was the pirated version of Ballblazer. He was still permitted to send in his resume and a cover letter, so to make up for the phone... In this article: Tim Schafer, Psychonauts, LucasArts, Brutal Legend, Dave Grossman, Game Developers Choice Awards, Maniac Mansion, Double Fine Productions, and Ron Gilbert |
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Atari 7800
...announced, including Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Centipede , Joust , Dig Dug, Desert Falcon, '', ''Galaga, Xevious, Food Fight , Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus!, and Track and Field . Atari was a sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympics and...
In this article: Atari 7800, Atari Corporation, Nintendo, Jack Tramiel, Atari 2600, Atari, Atari Inc., and Atari 5200
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Ballblazer
Ballblazer is a 1984 computer game created by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts Entertainment). It was originally released for the Atari 8-bit systems , such as the Atari 800 and the Atari 5200. It was also ported to other popular platforms...
In this article: Commodore 64, LucasArts, Atari, Peter Langston, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, and Atari ST
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Russell Lieblich
...music for Activision and Intellivision games, as well as doing the Commodore 64 (C64) music translation of one of LucasArts first titles, Ballblazer. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Music from UC San Diego. Lieblich was one of the...
In this article: Russell Lieblich, Master of the Lamps, Commodore 64, UC San Diego, LucasArts, Activision, Intellivision, and Beastie Boys
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Ballblazer Champions
...and CTO SpA in Europe. It was released on March 31, 1997 in North America and in October 1997 in Europe. It is a remake of the video game Ballblazer that was released for the Commodore 64 and Atari consoles. The game takes place on an...
In this article: Game Players, LucasArts, PlayStation, Champions, North America, Europe, Commodore 64, and GameSpot
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Wired Top Stories | October 15, 2009
Gallery: Broke in Tokyo — Excavating 10 Weird Games for $10
...cheap: Damage. The case is cracked, the instructions are wrinkled, etc. Yes No You'll have to take my word on this Kohler, but Ballblazer really was a fantastic game… until Pony Canyon got their hands on it. There's no game on Earth these...
In this article: Tokyo, Namco, Galaga, Nintendo, and Pony Canyon
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Gizmodo | September 13, 2009
Ben Heck's Latest Atari 800 Laptop Could Be His Best Yet [Atari]
...important) Uses original, new-old-stock Atari 800 keyboard. This is probably the best keyboard in the history of computing, so it was worth including, despite the complications (see story) Oh, and there's the classic Ballblazer too:
In this article: Atari, Ben Heck, Laptop, GameCube, and Buck Rogers
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Gamespot | September 04, 2009
Monkey Island creator gets arty in PAX keynote
...the company had licensed out the rights to make Star Wars games to a toy company. As such, his initial work was to port Kornois Rift and Ballblazer to the Commodore 64. Once completed, the team moved on to Maniac Mansion, which arose in part...
In this article: Ron Gilbert, LucasArts, Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Commodore 64, Dave Grossman, World of Warcraft, and Hothead Games
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RSS feed from 1UP | July 05, 2009
LucasArts Teases 'Old School' Announcement for Monday
...from the game. Besides, I don't think KoToR is old school. You know what's old school for LucasArts? Games like Rescue on Fractalus! or Ballblazer are old school, back when LucasArts was known as LucasFilm games. that LucasArts...
In this article: LucasArts, Jedi Knight, BioWare, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Twitter, Tie-fighter, X-wing, and Force Unleashed
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Peter Langston
...and wrote the music for and contributed to the game design of Lucasfilm Games' first two releases, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus!. In fact, for Ballblazer, Langston created an algorithmic composition system, which allowed the game to...
In this article: Peter Langston, UNIX System, Telcordia Technologies, and Rescue on Fractalus
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File:Ballblazer.ogg
This is the algorithmic composition played continually during play on 1982 LucasArts' game Ballblazer on the venerable Commodore 64 microcomputer (the game was originally developed for the Atari 800, and also released for the Atari 5200 and...
In this article: LucasArts, Commodore 64, Atari, Atari 5200, WindowsXP, and John Coltrane
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Ballblazer is a 1984 computer game created by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts Entertainment). It was originally released for the Atari 8-bit systems, such as the Atari 800 and the Atari 5200. It was also ported to other popular platforms of the day, such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum (by Dalali Software Ltd), Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and the Atari 7800. The Atari 800 version was called Ballblaster during development. The game is a one-on-one soccer match set in the future. You control a rotofoil and try to snare a floating ball called a Plasmorb, which can then be fired or carried into the opponent's goal, which moved horizontally across the playfield's "endzone." You play on a simple 3D playfield, watching a split-screen first person point of view from both rotofoils (yours and your opponent's). Play against a computer-controlled droid rotofoil or a rotofoil controlled by a human player.
Goals are worth one point if the Plasmorb was "pushed" across the goal, or two or three points if "fired" into the goal, depending on the distance from which the shot was taken. Game play continued until one player earned ten points or when the clock expired, the player with the most points wins. In the event of a tie, the game went into sudden death where the first player to score wins the game.
In 1990, LucasArts and Rainbow Arts released a remake and follow-up to this game, called Masterblazer. This game was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC DOS. A similar game inspired by Ballblazer called Space Football: One On One was developed and released by Triffix for the Super NES in 1992. Years later on March 31, 1997, a remake of the original titled Ballblazer Champions was released for the Sony PlayStation.
- Name:
- Ballblazer
- Genre:
- Action, Sports
- Release Date:
- March 01, 1984
- Published By:
- Atari
- Modes:
- Two player
- Developed by:
- Lucasfilm Games
- Platforms:
- Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum
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