

As bricks are being cleared, random Power-Ups will occasionally released upon impact (see Power-Ups). Some bricks will take multiple hits before they clear, while other bricks will appear to be unbreakable, invisible or combustible. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen by using the mouse, keeping one or more balls in play by bouncing them into a field of bricks to clear them. A 20th Anniversary edition was announced on August 23rd, 2018 and was released on November 21st, 2018, which features a new high resolution boardset,new power ups,online leaderboard and boardset editor.Īs a common Breakout-style game, the object is to clear the screen of all bricks, in order to advance to the next board.

While a total of five board packs were released for the game, DX-Ball 2 was eventually succeeded by Rival Ball in 2001. Additional board packs can then be installed for more boards, whereas Board Pack 1 will expand the demo board-sets to 25 boards each, for a total of 150 boards. The free demo thereby comes packed with a total of 24 boards divided into 6 board-sets of 4 boards search. DX-Ball 2 also introduces the feature of board-set selection, allowing the player to select between different sets of boards to play.

The game also features two new Power-Ups, an easy to play "Kid-Mode", and a hotseat multiplayer mode, alongside an original soundtrack by SideWinder. Welch, the sequel is foremost remarked by the introduction of its 16-bit high-colour engine, presenting textured bricks and background graphics in vivid colours. DX-Ball 2 is a brick buster game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Longbow Games.
