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ビーボール
©1990 Hudson Soft / vol.28
Release : 1990-03-30 (¥5200)
Hucard (2 Mbits) HC90028
Puzzle / Action game
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Released in America as
CHEW-MAN-FU
( TGX020035 )
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Beball is a single-screen action puzzle by Hudson Soft.
In ancient China, the evil sorcerer Chūmanfū (aka Chew-man-fu) has selfishly
taken over the holy tower. An ermite monk sends two of his disciples, the young Rin Rin and Ran Ran,
to enter the large tower made out of
countless mazes, all filled with monsters
and deadly hazards created by the sorcerer's magic powers.
The goal of the game is to move four large and colored marbles (red, blue,
black and green) onto their respective color pads within a time limit. However,
nasty creatures (hedgehogs, tortoises, giant apes and so forth)
try to stop our heroines and prevent them to perform their sworn duty. And this is where the
ability to kick comes handy - the young monks can strike the colored orbs, sending them
flying across the screen and damaging enemies along the way. The same technique
can be used to crack and destroy walls from the playfield. From time to time,
special icons appear and give the little girls special powers, such as
red circles (kill all creatures), clocks (freeze time),
bowls of soup (attract creatures), skulls (reduce the girl's life)
and so forth. Diamonds can also be collected along the way to unlock
bonus stages rewarding the player with extra lives.
Be Ball includes a two-player mini-game called KickBall
and a level editor where custom stages can be created and stored on any backup Ram
units. Be Ball consists of
five areas made out of ten stages each and features a password system.
Finally, a two simultaneous players mode is also available.
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Teaser text from the American version:
Chew-Man-Fu has gone too far! His evil curse deprives you,
(and everyone else), of your beloved egg rolls and fried rice.
To break his spell, roll 4 magic balls through a maze to matching
colored squares. Sound easy? Hah! Chew's whole zoo is out to
stop you. Prickly porcupines, wily penguins, rowdy apes and
more! Use thos balls to clobber'em and smash through the
walls. With 5 worlds and 550 wild rounds, the fun never stops.
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Game Staff (Copied from the American version's end credits) :
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STAFF
Design
Yumi
Bimbo
Simo Tuma
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Sound
N. IDE
Program
Wacky
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Thanks to
MR. URA
Hudson Soft
Thank You !
More to come !
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Level Select:
Enter 677261 as a password. Then start the game and press
up and down to select a level (picture on the right).
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Beball is a cute little game in the pure old-school action puzzle
tradition. Graphics ooze charm - they are sharp, bright, very colorful and
immediately engaging. The gameplay is extremely simple and works amazingly well.
However, the game becomes increasingly repetitive and after a while, stages tend
to look alike and rolling the orbs to their respective color pads becomes more of
a cumbersome sisyphean task than a fun challenge. The level editor is a neat
feature though, and it certainly adds a lot to the game's replay value. All in all,
Be Ball is a fun little game with interesting gameplay mechanics, but without
anything terribly amazing nor terribly bad about it.
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