Balls like a Frog
A downloadable game
You, as a loveable little amphibian, have stumbled upon the temple of Blaf.
This disturbance has made you aware of the Sun god being trapped inside one of the temples, where he is kept encased in stone.
While at this temple you see that it tries to destroy you with spheres on a path, so you must get firing and bust those balls before they reach the skull and end the frog's hopping life.
Menu control:
Cursor keys and space or joystick
In game control:
- Direction: The frog rotates towards the joystick direction
- Rotation: Use joystick left/right to rotate frog
- Paddle 1/2: An analog paddle controls frog rotation
- A 1351 mouse controls direction
The space bar swaps the two balls (except for mouse mode, where the right mouse button swaps)
Game modes:
- Adventure: progress through 76 levels and 22 maps to free the sun god.
- Gauntlet: play an endgless game one map with increasing difficulty
- Training: improve your skill by playing a single level
The game works on PAL Commdore 64 only (actual hardware and emulation)
Original sound track: Crisptune OST: Blaf C64
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How did I miss this one? I played Zuma a lot with my sister and was thinking of making game like that (maybe) for C64, but technically it felt to me it might be quite challenging. Well done!!!
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What a funny game:
I absolutely LOVE this game!
WOW - What an amazing game! I did not know Zuma before, so Balls Like a Frog is my first introduction to this very type of gameplay. Thank you Dr. Mortal Wombat for creating it. Mesmerizing and addictive :-)
did you name it "zuma" on csdb only, because of copyright lol?
https://ibb.co/YXF3VBr/10
(meaning, it's good. here, have one of my "covers" i make exclusively for myself. i was to share these on lemon, alas, they banned me for being a "troll". their loss, your gain. this stays up for 1 week before it gets auto-deleted so grab it now or never. more covers incoming...)
Mighty impressive work dude, wow :)
Very good good demake of "Zuma" that makes for a lot of fun. However, the C64 CPU seems to be overloaded when many balls are displayed, so that the game speed suffers as a result. However, the support for numerous input devices such as paddles and mouse compensates for this, with which the game can be controlled much better and faster. Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 01:22:54. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
this game is so amazing, you need to port the game luxor as well to the c64 please!
and if it should have an own name, name it balls like a bird or BLAB
Playing this with a paddle is awesome!
Great game! No hi-score table?
very good
Very well done 8-bit demake of Zuma. It's very well done.
I remember the original PC game of Zuma back in the early 2000s. It was a very original game idea and had me addicted to this game. Once again another masterpiece ported for our old favourite 8 bit machine. Superb game. Well done
Great game. Reminds of the PC days. As the editor of K&A PLUS newspaper (https://ka-plus.pl/en/), I would like to talk to you about your game. Feel free to contact me at
yahwey88@gmail.com
Warm greetings
Retro Chlop :)
I usually hang around on the Everything C64 discord
Very nice game, I used to play the pc version and this is pretty good.
Nice conversion, addictive gameplay!
played it alot on pc back when it was released in 2003, so ime very happy to see that you made this for C64 :) so i cant stop wondering.
about the same time, a pc game called chains also was released wich i played
wonder if that would be possible some time in the future. just for inspiration
https://www.gamehouse.com/games/chainz
Thanks for your awsome port, ime looking forward to showing this on my retro computer stream
Wow, great puzzler and really good port. I know the role model for this game from the Arcades.
Awesome port game !
The way you manipulate the character set to track the balls around is ingenious, especially with the speed fluctuations and the like, such as the combos. Outstanding job!
Works so well with paddles - thank you :)
Strangely, I purchased Zuma Deluxe for Windows, two weeks ago. :)
Nice game!
Great game! Just a little question: is there a difference between the Zzap! 64 version "Zuma" and Balls like a Frog?
Only the name is changed
Ok, thanks. That's what I thought.
Dr. Mortal Wombat strikes again with original games :)
Love the Paddle support. Will try this soon. Thanks
Outstanding! Loving these demakes
zuma :)