Ball Jacks

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Ball Jacks
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Sound driver: Namco sound driver
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥6,0006,000 T-14163
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1078-50

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Ball Jacks (ボールジャックス) is a 1993 game for the Sega Mega Drive by Namco released exclusively in Japan and Europe. It is a "sports game" with a unique sport involving grabbing balls from a conveyor belt on an end of the screen and dropping them into another. Whether or not this is a renamed port of another game is presently unknown.

Magazine articles

Main article: Ball Jacks/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
63 №1993-06, p20[2]
73 №, p84[3]
50 №25, p188
49 №1, p24[4]
60 №230, p39
75 №1993-06, p39
25 №11, p15
9 №10, p57
38 №19, p64-65
63 №9, p92-93[1]
76 №36, p142[5]
40 №45, p72-73
58 №21, p60
37 №2, p54-55[6]
Sega Mega Drive
51
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[7]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[8]
Consoles + (FR)
50
[9]
Dengeki Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[10]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
49
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
60
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
75
[12]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
60
[13]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
25
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
9
[15]
Mega Force (FR)
84
[16]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
38
[17]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
69
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
63
[1]
Player One (FR)
76
[5]
Play Time (DE) PAL
40
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
40
[20]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
58
[21]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
37
[6]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[22]
Video Games (DE) PAL
28
[23]
Sega Mega Drive
53
Based on
21 reviews

Ball Jacks

Mega Drive, EU
BallJacks MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
BallJacks MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
BallJacks MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
BallJacks MD JP CartTop.jpg
BallJacks MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 f5c3c54f
MD5 4e1dea42312f072440322da246e8bbdf
SHA-1 c8aa71c5632a5cc59da430ca3870cffb37fbd30f
256kB 1992-05 Cartridge (EU/JP)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:BeepMD_JP_1993-06.pdf, page 22
  3. File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 86
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:PlayerOne FR 036.pdf, page 142 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 036.pdf_p142" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 02.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 02.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24
  8. Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-08), page 22
  9. Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 188
  10. Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 30
  11. Famitsu, "1993-05-07,14" (JP; 1993-04-23), page 39
  12. Hippon Super, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-01), page 39
  13. Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 100
  14. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 15
  15. Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 57
  16. Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 110
  17. MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 64
  18. Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 111
  19. Play Time, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-04), page 109
  20. Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 72
  21. Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 60
  22. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  23. Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 102