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Ballance

by Cyparade·published by Atari, Inc., Ziggurat Interactive

2004Everyone18
PCWindows

Reader score

7.5/ 10

21 votes

How long to beat

only 1 report

5h

Rushed

main story only

6h

Normally

story and some extras

10h

Completionist

everything in it

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

21

Screenshots

Key art

About

Bringing Marble Madness to a whole new level, Ballance increases gameplay with many new items not seen in that earlier game.

Ballance is a marble/ball game up infinitely high where a fall would never end. You must navigate 12 levels filled with many puzzles you will need to figure out in order to complete the level. This must all be done before your time runs out. Thankfully, there are spots to increase your time throughout the levels.

As you progress through the levels, you will have the ability to change your ball between 3 different materials (wood, stone, and paper); all with different properties. For example, the stone ball is slower to get moving and harder to stop. It also will not get up the steeper ramps. But it is needed to move various things out of the way.

Maneuver the ball without letting it fall from the platforms and ramps. It may seem fairly easy at first, but as you progress through the levels, the difficulty increases. Can you get your highscore on the official website as a top 10 highscore for each level?

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Engine

Virtools Engine

Languages

7 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Chinese (Simplified)——
Chinese (Traditional)——
English——
French——
German——
Italian——
Spanish (Spain)——

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download, DVD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

GOG.com

Single-player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium II

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 98

Min. RAM Required

64 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 8.1

Min. Video Memory Required

8 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

800×600, 1024×768

Box art

Also known as

Player.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

Cyparade

Released

2004

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBEveryonePEGI3USK0 (ohne Altersbeschränkung)

Standing

Top 14% by 24hr peak players

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