Ball Game 2 in DOSBox

Stop and stare
The ball is rolling, but I go nowhere
An artifact of the demoscene
I like the demos by The Toxic Dream
Stop and stare
You start to wonder how many levels are there
And why crap games cost money while good games are free
Oh, why wasn't there a Ball Game 3?
(With serious apologies to OneRepublic)

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[NaokiSummoner]

I actually walk past Jarrumiehenkatu every day while heading to work. It's a bit interesting to think that the place had a part of the local demo scene here. There was an old game called Liero that was spread in a similar manner around the time I was growing up that actually grew to become a very successful and well-known game through word of mouth. It was my cousin who spread it around to the neighborhood where I used to live :)

[LateBlt]

@NaokiSummoner I've played Liero, it's like a real-time version of Worms... Very good game. Ah, how lovely the demoscene is in all its wonders. Heippa!

[Neosillogium]

Woah, been a while since your last video.

Are you still doing that LP about that futuristic game?

[LateBlt]

You mean Robot Odyssey? No, that LP is on indefinite hold for now.

[Fender178]

Lateblt,

Well Doxbox emulates a cpu by what Processor you have physically in your actual computer say you have an Pentium 4 or Amd Xp processor @ 1.8Ghz you should be able to emulate a Pentium II class machine so your choice of a 386 was a correct choice. Also Dosbox uses IRQ7 for its SB setup.

Also very nice introduction to a fun and addicting game.

[LateBlt]

It's true that DOSBox's effective emulation is dependent on your actual CPU, but it also depends on the number of cycles you've set DOSBox for. You can set the IRQ DOSBox uses in the dosbox.conf file, but in my experience, DOSBox actually seems to work pretty well even if you configure games to use an IRQ not set in that conf file.

[Resulka]

Why am I not surprised that you're playing a game by Finnish people? ;p

[doomayam]

WANNA SEE SHIT

Those devs were hardcore.

[raman22feb1988]

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[kamezodo]

haha I love your lyrics, man

[SchlossRitter]

Nice lyrics, yo.

This reminds me a bit of Chip's Challenge.

I doubt the creators live at that address any more either (18 years later).

[akuvirtanen123]

lol im from finland =P you know a lot of finnish ppl XD

[speedboosty101]

I laughed when it said "wanna see shit"

[spideydude]

I agree that it's like Marble Madness in 2D.  In fact, I used to play the MM Tiger handheld game, which IS Marble Madness in 2D. Of course, it being a Tiger game, the graphics are incredibly weak. My favorite LCD game, though.

[Eshaktaar]

I'm pretty sure the main inspiration for this game was Rainbow Arts' Rock 'n Roll which came out for the Amiga and C64 (and later PC - with EGA graphics and no scrolling). I still like to play the Amiga version from time to time.

[trelior]

Oh, okay. That makes a lot of sense now that I look at it from that perspective. Thanks for that.