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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...
Genre:
Action - Puzzle - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Atmospheric, Exploration, Classic, Puzzle, show 8 more... Casual, Funny, Platformer, Family Friendly, Top-Down, Retro, Physics, Remake
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4/5

( 26 Reviews )

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Product details
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

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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.

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Time to beat
4.5 hMain
-- Main + Sides
9.5 h Completionist
5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Puzzle - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Atmospheric, Exploration, Classic, Puzzle, show 8 more... Casual, Funny, Platformer, Family Friendly, Top-Down, Retro, Physics, Remake
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2024-01-05T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Cyparade / Ziggurat Interactive
Size:
178 MB
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中文(简体)
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User reviews

Posted on: December 23, 2024

Clu42

Verified owner

Games: 282 Reviews: 2

Great nostalgic game that needs polish!

Played this a long time ago in my youth, and was super fun! A real blast from the past. However, this game takes some work to play for modern PC's. I had to find guides in the Steam forums, in order to run it at 1080 native, widescreen, and fixing the background which weren't loading in, by tinkering with the dgVoodooCpl.exe file. If the devs would spend time fixing these issues, they'd probably sell more copies, as this is a perfect type of game for the Steam Deck.

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Posted on: February 2, 2025

TailGunnar

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Games: 5 Reviews: 1

Fun casual puzzle game

Shorb, but suitably challenging casal puzzle came. True to the time period some of the puzzles are relatively challenging, but life shouldn't be too easy ;)

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Posted on: August 1, 2025

alfotikus

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Games: 197 Reviews: 1

Sweaty hands

Since the first time I played this game some 20+ years ago , I am still getting seaty hands when I play it. Very enjoyable game besides the stress factor.

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Posted on: August 19, 2025

nathanael.tu_1490

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

tollllllllllll

toll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted on: June 24, 2024

flatrich

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Games: 164 Reviews: 23

Shoulda' Read the Description

Sounded and looked intriguing, but would play better on a phone, I guess. I was a Commodore user, so I didn't play many Atari games and I didn't realize this was a reboot. Looks and works well enough on a Win 11 system using the keyboard, but no controller support and I just don't like playing using a keyboard anymore. Maybe if the folks that rebooted it have enough time to add controller support. (Didn't Atari games use a joystick? Pretty sure they did.) It's a cheap date, so I didn't ask for a refund.

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