Overhead bouncing ball tile PD or licenceware game

dgurv · 02 March 2022, 13:39

Hey everyone. Does this jog any memories for you?

Overhead view game where you control a (bouncing ball?) and have to navigate across a path of rectangle tiles without falling into the abyss. I think some of the tiles give way if stepped on multiple times, so it was kinda a puzzle.

This game was supplied free along with a disk catalogue for one of the PD houses or F1 Licenseware. I can recall Deltrax PD as one of the libraries I ordered from.

DisasterIncarna · 02 March 2022, 13:56

only games i played with balls and rectangles on the amiga were trailblazer, Jump n Roll, RollerBall and cosmic causeway which i think was c64 and not amiga?.

only overhead puzzle game like you mentioned i recall was again a c64 game called sensitive
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a quick look at lemonamiga could show stuff like that, assuming its a brain/puzzle type game you can filter that kinda stuff.:
https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/lis...st_genre=Brain

thsi site has various screenshots listing a heap of what deltrax had to offer including a list of games a few screenshots down
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scu...uly19_1701.htm

quite a few are collection disks however so the game you recall might be part of a bundle.

dreamkatcha · 02 March 2022, 14:52

There's Bouncer (5th Dimension), Bouncer Shaker and Cosmic Bouncer for the Amiga.

wolfchild · 04 March 2022, 17:37

Could it be Revolution? It came on a coverdisk. Here http://amr.abime.net/issue_491_coverdisks

vulture · 05 March 2022, 18:48

Boondar: http://hol.abime.net/3952

Hercules · 05 March 2022, 21:03

Bob's Bad Day

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twenty90seven · 06 March 2022, 13:40

On Atari St, there was a coverdisk game called Island Hopping which was pretty fun

dgurv · 09 March 2022, 14:32

Thank you everyone for the suggestions!

I will review these and see if any are the correct answers.

It isn’t “Bob's Bad Day” or “Revolution” but “Boondar” looks close, in that it matches the memory of the tiles being grey and the perspective is exact, although I think the game might be more plain and not auto scrolling.

DisasterIncarna · 12 March 2022, 18:05

sure it was a pd game? and not a commercial one like

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LaBodilsen · 13 March 2022, 12:29

Maybe:
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tygre · 14 March 2022, 02:21

Hi there!

Could it be Marble Madness?

Cheers!

Nobby_UK · 14 March 2022, 02:25

Or:
ISS: Incredible Shrinking Sphere
http://hol.abime.net/2673

dgurv · 20 March 2022, 17:57

Hi everyone, thank you for all of the suggestions.

Upon review the suggestion by @vulture seems to be the closest

Quote:

Originally Posted by vulture

Boondar: http://hol.abime.net/3952

Boondar may be the game I was looking for.
I need to play it and see if it sparks the memory. The time period matches up and the licence adds to the potential of it being given away with a Disk catalogue.

The only “curve ball” is Cosmic Bouncer, which also seems familiar

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamkatcha

There's Bouncer (5th Dimension), Bouncer Shaker and Cosmic Bouncer for the Amiga.

paul1981 · 14 May 2022, 00:08

Marbles comes to mind. If you haven't played it you'll really enjoy that one, plus it has fantastic music in my opinion.

http://hol.abime.net/5771

02 March 2022, 13:39	#1
dgurv Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Ireland Posts: 23	Overhead bouncing ball tile PD or licenceware game Hey everyone. Does this jog any memories for you? Overhead view game where you control a (bouncing ball?) and have to navigate across a path of rectangle tiles without falling into the abyss. I think some of the tiles give way if stepped on multiple times, so it was kinda a puzzle. This game was supplied free along with a disk catalogue for one of the PD houses or F1 Licenseware. I can recall Deltrax PD as one of the libraries I ordered from.

02 March 2022, 13:56	#2
DisasterIncarna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: England Posts: 1,172	only games i played with balls and rectangles on the amiga were trailblazer, Jump n Roll, RollerBall and cosmic causeway which i think was c64 and not amiga?. only overhead puzzle game like you mentioned i recall was again a c64 game called sensitive [ Show youtube player ] a quick look at lemonamiga could show stuff like that, assuming its a brain/puzzle type game you can filter that kinda stuff.: https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/lis...st_genre=Brain thsi site has various screenshots listing a heap of what deltrax had to offer including a list of games a few screenshots down https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scu...uly19_1701.htm quite a few are collection disks however so the game you recall might be part of a bundle. Last edited by DisasterIncarna; 02 March 2022 at 14:35.

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dreamkatcha I've got a new byline Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,219	There's Bouncer (5th Dimension), Bouncer Shaker and Cosmic Bouncer for the Amiga.

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vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	Boondar: http://hol.abime.net/3952

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Hercules Vodka monster. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 332	Bob's Bad Day [ Show youtube player ]

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dgurv Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Ireland Posts: 23	Thank you everyone for the suggestions! I will review these and see if any are the correct answers. It isn’t “Bob's Bad Day” or “Revolution” but “Boondar” looks close, in that it matches the memory of the tiles being grey and the perspective is exact, although I think the game might be more plain and not auto scrolling.

12 March 2022, 18:05	#9
DisasterIncarna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: England Posts: 1,172	sure it was a pd game? and not a commercial one like [ Show youtube player ]

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LaBodilsen Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Denmark Posts: 179	Maybe: [ Show youtube player ]

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tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	Hi there! Could it be Marble Madness? Cheers!

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Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,595	Or: ISS: Incredible Shrinking Sphere http://hol.abime.net/2673

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paul1981 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: England Posts: 419	Marbles comes to mind. If you haven't played it you'll really enjoy that one, plus it has fantastic music in my opinion. http://hol.abime.net/5771

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