Powerball
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Powerball/Wrestleball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Namco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Namco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Namco sound driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Powerball, called Wrestleball (レッスルボール) in Japan, is a 1991 sports game for the Sega Mega Drive by Namco. The game is a cross between handegg and football, where the goal is to either throw or kick the ball into the opponent's goal.
Contents
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English (US) | Powerball | Powerball |
Japanese | レッスルボール | Wrestleball |
Production credits
- Staff: Moriwaki, Nakamura, Kawamoto, Saita
Magazine articles
- Main article: Powerball/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #19: "February 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #20: "March 1991" (1991-xx-xx)[6]
- GamePro (US) #20: "March 1991" (1991-xx-xx)[7]
- Game Players (US) #0304: "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (1991-0x-xx)[8]
- Game Players (US) #0306: "Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1991" (1991-0x-xx)[9]
- Sega Visions (US) #4: "April/May 1991" (1991-xx-xx)[10]
Physical scans
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External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
- Nintendo catalogue pages: US
References
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 54
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Z0OP005gXv7M59KVZpC-IKDVNxp4BZkP (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 02:22)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_wrestleball/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-03-14 11:24)
- ↑ The Cutting Room Floor: Powerball
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 67
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 17
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 7
- ↑ Sega Visions, "April/May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 5
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-03.pdf, page 36
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:Joystick FR 016.pdf, page 167 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 21 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Zzap!, "Aprile 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 60/61 (60)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 178
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 344
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 121
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 34
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 348
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 45
- ↑ Hippon Super, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-04), page 40
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 95
- ↑ Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 44
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 44
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 138
- ↑ Zzap!, "Aprile 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 60
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