I, Ball cover art

Game entry

I, Ball

1987 · Shoot 'em up, Arcade · Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC · Firebird Software

I, Ball is listed in the GameForever catalogue but not in the duel pool: this game is never offered for a vote, its 1,500 points are never at stake and it does not appear in the world ranking. Its entry and its debate stay open.

World rank

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ELO score

1,500

Wins

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Duels played

0

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About I, Ball

The player takes the role of the eponymous Ball and gameplay takes the form of a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. It was also one of the first games to feature a wide range of power-ups (via power discs). I Ball featured some memorable synthesised speech.

ELO progression

This game does not take part in duels: its score never moves, so there is no history to plot.

Head-to-head

As this game is never offered in duels, it has no match-up to its name.

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