DX-Ball 2
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DX-Ball 2 is based on Michael P. Welch's DX-Ball, in turn based on Megaball by the Mackey brothers. Gameplay uses the Breakout idea of using a bat to guide a ball around a screen smashing bricks, without letting it drop off the bottom of the screen. It adds power-up tokens, such as - multiple balls, mounted guns to shoot out bricks, a more destructive ball, and a larger bat.
Sporting a completely revised game engine with new graphics, faster framerates and support for in-game music via Carlos Hasan's SEAL, DX-Ball 2 is sold as five different board packs - Board Pack 1, Board Pack 2, Board Pack 3, Memorial Pack, and Classic Pack. The demo version includes a sample of Board Pack 1. It was later rereleased with new content as DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Average score: 76% (based on 5 ratings)
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Average score: 4.2 out of 5 (based on 12 ratings with 1 reviews)
A well-deserved overhaul of the original DX-Ball.
The Good
DX-Ball 2 is good. Great even. It is such an improvment over the original DX-Ball, yet retains its atmosphere perfectly. Every aspect of the game was improved, starting with the amazing visual difference: the "Amigaball" in the menu was upgraded to a fully rendered, bump mapped thing, the logos were replaced with visual effects, backgrounds were added and some of the tiles got animated. And still the game retains the same "simple" atmosphere. Good work!
The sound got a bit of an overhaul too, and the addition of support for background music is a welcome change (just throw any module in the appropriate directory and go ahead), and the default level design is spectacular.
The Bad
While the 4-board limit for user-made board packages is understandable, it is certainly not welcome. I wish they at the very least removed it for registered owners.
Most of the ingame music by SideWinder is, to say the least, terrible. There are some acceptably good tracks, but for the most part I find myself switching tunes over and over again just to play one of the very few good ones. Shame.
The Bottom Line
A completely revisited game which retained the feel of the original. One of the few genuinely good Breakout clones.
Windows · by Tomer Gabel (4534) · 2000
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Game added by Tomer Gabel.
Game added June 21, 2000. Last modified December 24, 2023.