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Author Topic: Name this puzzle Game (it's got balls!)  (Read 1598 times)

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Name this puzzle Game (it's got balls!)
« on: December 07, 2010, 02:10:51 pm »
OK, normally I'm the expert at this, but this time I need help!

I used to play this puzzle game in this one arcade/pool hall back around 1995/96 and then I never saw it again anywhere.

The game has you dropping down groups of 3 colored balls, from the top of the screen (Tetris style). The balls are arranged in a triangle, and pressing a button rotates them. When the balls land, they "detach" and roll down gaps, and then when they come to rest, if there are 3 or more same-colored balls touching, they disappear.

It was quite a fun game, but I have no idea what it was called and have never come across it anywhere since.
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Re: Name this puzzle Game (it's got balls!)
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2010, 02:20:20 pm »
Battle Balls / Senkyu
( http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/set/senkyu )

one of Seibu's non-shooters.

There was a later licensed version with DVD for adult backgrounds, but that one isn't emulated.

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Re: Name this puzzle Game (it's got balls!)
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2010, 03:18:49 pm »
yes!! Senkyu very much!
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Re: Name this puzzle Game (it's got balls!)
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 05:09:55 pm »
This and Super Puzzle Fighter II Terbo are my wife's favorite arcade games.  I have the boards for both.  Battle balls was a pain to find though.