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On the Ball

An action/puzzle game originally developed by Taito Corporation for their F2 arcade system hardware. The player rotates a maze around a free-falling ball with the goal of guiding the ball out of the maze…

31 December 1989

On the Ball is an arcade developed by dempa, released 31 December 1989 on Satellaview, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

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What On the Ball is

On the Ball is an arcade game developed by dempa and released in 1989. It is available on Satellaview, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, FM Towns and Sharp X68000.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An action/puzzle game originally developed by Taito Corporation for their F2 arcade system hardware. The player rotates a maze around a free-falling ball with the goal of guiding the ball out of the maze within a set time limit.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

On the Ball launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did On the Ball come out?
On the Ball was released on 31 December 1989 for Satellaview, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, FM Towns and Sharp X68000.

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