Snoball in Hell
Snoball in Hell combines the mechanics of Breakout with shoot 'em up elements. You control the Snoball battle tractor, a tank-like vehicle that moves vertically along the left side of the screen. As in classic…
Snoball in Hell is a shooter, released 31 December 1989 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Snoball in Hell is
Snoball in Hell was released in 1989. It was published by Atlantis Software Limited. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Snoball in Hell combines the mechanics of Breakout with shoot 'em up elements. You control the Snoball battle tractor, a tank-like vehicle that moves vertically along the left side of the screen. As in classic Breakout, your goal in each of the 16 levels is to clear all bricks by bouncing the ball against them. At the same time, enemies approach from the right, and you must either shoot them down or dodge them – any contact or missed ball costs a life. You have five lives in total. Along the way, bonuses and anti-bonuses appear: helpful ones like shields, extra points, extra lives, or level skips, and harmful ones such as point loss, reduced fire rate, enemy attack waves, or even a full…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Snoball in Hell 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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