In addition to the Board Bonus, the completion of a board-set will also be summarised by a Set Bonus, consisting of a 'Paddles' bonus rewarding 250 points for each remaining paddle left a 'Perfect Bricks' bonus rewarding 3000 points if all bricks were cleared across the entire set and a secondary 'Perfect Ball' bonus rewarding 4,000 points if the board-set was completed without losing a single ball. Constituted by three elements, the player may earn a 'Balls Left' bonus rewarding 50 points for each additional ball left on the screen a 'Perfect Ball' bonus rewarding 500 points if no balls were lost during the board and a 'Perfect Brick' bonus of 250 points if all bricks were cleared. When the player has completed a board, a Board Bonus will be added to the total score. Lastly, Repeat Board-Set will repeat the total set of boards up to ten times in a row. Random Boards will randomise the order of the boards in the chosen board-set. By enabling Time Limit, the player may compete against the clock with settings of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes to complete a board-set. The additional game options are optional and can be used in conjunction with one another. While all power-ups are absent in this mode, the game starts with the most narrow paddle size and a tiny ball fixed at the highest speed. The last difficulty setting is Impossible. Hard is also the only difficulty setting to introduce timed power-ups, where the effects from Blitz Ball, Laser, Fire Ball, Ice Ball and Catch are only temporary. While the paddle cannot be expanded beyond its initial width in this mode, the ball can only grow to its regular size. If the chosen difficulty is Hard, the game starts with the regular paddle size, but a small ball. Easy also excludes three of the game's Power-Ups, including Death, Tiny Ball and Mega Shrink. On the other hand, Easy lets the player start with a big ball and expanded paddle, with the paddle size being fixed to not contract beyond the initial width. As the game's default setting, Medium implies a standard game with no specific alterations. The difficulty levels range from Easy to Medium, Hard and Impossible, and will determine several factors for the game. Before a game starts, the player may set additional game options, including difficulty, time limits, randomised board order, and board-set repeat. As an added bonus, Rival Ball also includes the six demo board-sets from DX-Ball 2, with support for the five respective board packs from the game. The player may select a desired set of boards to play, whereas the game initially comes with two freeware board-sets of 4 boards each. Standard Game offers the classic brick busting experience. For instance, some power-ups may speed up the brick-breaking process by introducing laser guns and explosives into play, while others may affect the difficulty by shrinking the paddle and speeding up the ball. The player may choose to catch these with the paddle, which in turn will bring about various effects in the game. As bricks are being cleared, power-ups will frequently launch onto the screen (see Power-ups).
Once all breakable bricks on the board have been cleared, the player advances to the next board. Most bricks are cleared upon impact with the ball, while some bricks may take multiple hits, be invisible, blast surrounding bricks, or appear unbreakable. The object of the game is to clear a field of bricks using a paddle and a ball. Rival Ball was followed by Rival Ball Tournament in 2004. Rival Ball was the first game from Longbow Games to succeed the passing of Seumas McNally (1979–2000), the company's founder and lead programmer.
#DX BALL EXE MAC#
A Mac version was announced on April 3, 2002. The game also plays all the original DX-Ball 2 boards. It introduces a cursor-based layout with buttons for navigation, two new power-ups, the ability to save and resume games, and game options for randomising board order, setting timers, repeating board-sets, and choosing between four difficulty levels. Released on March 19, 2001, the game features square bricks and online split-screen multiplayer.
#DX BALL EXE PC#
Rival Ball is the sequel to the PC Breakout clone DX-Ball 2 from Longbow Digital Arts. Single-player, hotseat, online multiplayer The logo for Rival Ball, as presented on its website
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