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Bal Cube Bal Cube - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

A ball and brick game where you control the movement of the ball itself rather than using a paddle.

Bal Cube was produced by Metro in 1996.

Metro released 5 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1992.

Other machines made by Metro during the time period Bal Cube was produced include: Dharma, Gun Master, Sky Alert, and Pang Pom's

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Specs

Name Bal Cube
Developer Metro
Year 1996
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7001
Class Wide Release
Genre Ball and Paddle
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Either
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 1 [Launch Ball]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

This is an Arkanoid-type game with a few twists. Instead of controlling a paddle, you control the ball itself by altering its momentum using the joystick. Various blocks (squares, triangles, and special blocks containing powerups) advance down from the top of the sceen. The player dies when the ball goes down through a hole in bottom of the screen, or if the blocks reach the bottom of the screen. When you die, you start over at the beginning of the level. Although the game has a ball and paddle look and feel, puzzle elements come into play later in the game.

Bal Cube KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bal Cube Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Bal Cube collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Bal Cube circuit board set.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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