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Publisher: Accolade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Accolade, PF Magic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ballz 3D, or just Ballz is a fighting game developed and published by Accolade for the Sega Mega Drive. The characters are made up of spheres of various sizes, which change to attempt to simulate 3D characters with smooth animations, similar to Vectorman.
Contents
Gameplay
is for punches, is for kicks and is for jumping, the height of the jump depends on the time the button is held down. Pushing or moves the character in the 3D space. All characters have a wide array of special moves, including the ability to morph into other characters.
After each few fights, unplaybale boss characters await, which are exceptionally tough to take down, e.g. an ostrich or a dinosaur.
While coming out after Street Fighter II, the game's simple controls and mechanics are more akin to early fighting games such as Power Athlete.
Due to many sprites being drawn at once, the game suffers from sprite flickering.
Versions
Ballz 3D was released simultaneously on the Mega Drive and Super NES, and while the two share similar gameplay, the visuals differ significantly.
In addition to making use of the wider colour palette, the Super NES version of Ballz 3D utilises the DSP-1B maths co-processor, allowing for more advanced "mode 7" scaling and rotation than many other SNES titles. This subsequently means the floor in the SNES version of Ballz 3D is textured, while backgrounds are able to make use of alpha transparency, neither of which are supported by standard Mega Drive hardware. The Mega Drive version instead uses an untextured surface for its floor, comprised of a single gradient of colour (though interestingly, the later 3DO "Directors Cut" version also opts for a similar style).
The Mega Drive version runs with a higher screen resolution and at a higher frame rate than its Super NES counterpart.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Ballz 3D/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[10]
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also published in:
- GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[11]
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Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 99
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 80
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 44
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 80
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 44
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 80
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 32
- ↑ ', "October/November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 190
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-1x-xx), page 136
- ↑ ', "December/January 1994/1995" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 19
- ↑ ', "Octubre 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ ', "Octubre 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ ', "Octubre 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ ', "Octubre 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 80-82 (80)
- ↑ ', "Octubre 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 1" (1994-09-20, 24:00) (+8:25)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 12
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 110
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 77
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 106
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 88
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 18
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 98
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 62
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