Airball Requires 768k of RAM 1 3.5 inch Disk Drive Release Status: Abandonware Includes cracked disk image. Airball was released in 1990 by IIgs newcomer MicroDeal (a company more associated with the Amiga).

Airball loading screen.

The best way to describe Airball would be to call it a cross between Bubble Ghost and Marble Madness, meaning YOU are the bubble (as opposed to being a ghost and blowing it in the direction you want) which is controlled in a similar fashion to a marble in Marble Madness.

You never notice just how many spikey objects are in a castle until they're lethal to you.

Put simply, you're trapped in a castle, turned into a bubble and have to find a spell book to revert to normal and then get out. Control is either by keyboard (keypad, fire button, open apple and option to get or drop objects) or joystick (tab toggles between the two on the main screen). Space bar starts the game.

Pop! You're dead. You start off on a pump which fills your bubble full of air, a gauge measuring how much in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Get off the pump when the gauge is parallel with your score. Explore each room, looking for the items necessary to achieve your ends. Keep an eye on your air supply every second however, and time how long it takes to get back to the starting point from which ever room you're currently in. Avoid sharp obstacles, solve puzzles, look in every nook and cranny. Someone may have fond memories of this game, but I don't :-) You're on your own now, so good luck!

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