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Ballance

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4/5

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Ballance
Description
Race your way to the finish line and overcome 12 courses to become the master of marbles! In this 2004 classic originally published by Atari™, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them...
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( 26 Reviews )

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2024, Cyparade, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, Pentium 4 or later, 128 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1 compatible graphics device, Version 8.1, 151...
Time to beat
4.5 hMain
-- Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
5 h All Styles
Description
Race your way to the finish line and overcome 12 courses to become the master of marbles!

In this 2004 classic originally published by Atari™, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them right into the bottomless void below. Use different strategic advantages to overcome these puzzles while avoiding dangers that can knock your marbles into certain doom — all of which must be accomplished before the time runs out!

This wildly addictive puzzle platformer allows you to change your marble between three different materials with different properties to overcome the obstacles that lie ahead.

Navigate your way through different platforms and ramps without falling off. Starting off may seem like an easy task, but each level gets increasingly difficult. Will you be able to secure a high score?

© 2023 Ziggurat Interactive, Inc.

System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
4.5 hMain
-- Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2024-01-05T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
178 MB

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Languages
English
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text
Deutsch
audio
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español
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
中文(简体)
audio
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中文(繁體)
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Posted on: January 6, 2024

theesun

Verified owner

Games: 4 Reviews: 1

Happy to see it here

That was one of the first games I looked for after signed up at GOG. Very nice, and still playable on modern PCs


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Posted on: January 10, 2024

turnbasedfan

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Games: 524 Reviews: 12

Worked on Windows 10, almost no issues

Ran on Aspire V3-372. The only problem was that the screen is stretched out from 4:3 to 16:9, but it's not a big deal. Find the language configuration .bat in the game's directory to set it to english. Oh yeah, also it can randomly start in a small borderless window, solved with a restart (or by clicking on it before it loads? not sure). As for the game itself - well, no wonder i remembered it. Great art direction, both in graphics and music. The balls get finicky on rails, that's about the only complaint i have about the gameplay.


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Posted on: January 8, 2024

SnappedSynapse02

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Games: 796 Reviews: 10

Somewhat broken...

In game textures and skyboxes simply do not load. All the geometry appears as plain white and grey, on top of a pure white background. Nothing in the settings affects the textures, but turning the Clouds option to off does make the skyboxes load (???) And speaking of the graphics settings, going into that menu can break the game. The options will appear as empty boxes and suddenly none of the buttons do anything, can't back out, can't change anything, I'm forced to close the game entirely. The game itself isn't frozen, it's just that the menu locks you in. The only way I've found to fix this is by playing the game at certain resolutions, 640x480 is the only one that lets me into the graphics settings without locking me down.


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Posted on: May 4, 2024

DuDu90

Games: 194 Reviews: 4

Classic throwback

Even tho I have a non-GOG version of this game had to write this review because this is such a jewel to have and I like that it finally came to GOG as well! Ballance was super fun to play and one of the early puzzle games with unique mechanics and idea that is very well done! Unfortunately, they absolutely messed everything up with the atrociously bad Ballance 2, but hey we can all enjoy this gorgeous original. And yes, it's the same as an old/original game, if you are pixely retro graphics lover (like I am) then you'll definitely adore this. Big kudos to GOG. :)


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Posted on: September 17, 2024

Jude1437

Verified owner

Games: 46 Reviews: 2

Game was awesome, but remake is glitchy

I can't change language from German to any other. After alt-tabbing I can't get fullscreen again. And some minor issues. Nostalgic feelings are great, but...


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