Ball Jacks

Ball Jacks (ボールジャックス, Bōru Jakkusu) is a 1993 action video game for the Sega Mega Drive.

Ball Jacks
Japanese cover art
Publisher(s)Namco[1]
Composer(s)Yoshinori Kawamoto[2]
H. Umino
Platform(s)Sega Mega Drive
Release
Genre(s)Action[1]
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Gameplay
A two-player match is taking place.

This video game is a futuristic action game involving an ultra-competitive sporting event. Two robot crabs are controlled by men who play the game merely to become wealthy and famous. There is a conveyor belt behind them that spews metal balls at them. The goal is to capture balls that belong to the opponent and keep them from him until time runs out.[2][4] Balls can also be knocked out from the mechanical hands of the opponent. All damaged crabs must return to the pit area for a quick maintenance and repair session.[2]

There are several modes: a world championship against increasingly tougher opponents, a multiplayer versus mode, a training mode, and a time trial where the time limit is the only foe.[2]

Reception
Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Mega9%[5]

The game was poorly received, with Andy Dyer criticising the graphics, sound, gameplay and size.

gollark: Sentience protocol μ-4.
gollark: Technically it didn't FREEZE it, it consumed all RAM, made it hit the resource limits imposed on it, and thus crashed it, and due to an unrelated bug it failed to restart.
gollark: No, I fixed that.
gollark: HIGHLY useful.
gollark: ++choose 1000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

References
  1. Ball Jacks at GameFAQs
  2. Ball Jacks at MobyGames
  3. ボールジャックス [メガドライブ]. Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  4. Ball Jacks at Giant Bomb
  5. Mega review, Future Publishing, issue 10, page 57, July 1993
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