DX-Ball 2

DX-Ball 2
Developer: Longbow Digital Arts Publisher: Longbow Digital Arts Platform: Windows Released internationally: December 16, 1998 This game has unused graphics. This game has a hidden level select. This game has revisional differences.

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DX-Ball 2 takes the simple Arkanoid-esque gameplay of the original and adds late 90's CG, MOD music, and a couple new spins to the formula.

Unused Powerup Sprites

Shrink Powerup Sprite

The old blue arrow color of the shrink powerup sprite, which was the arrow color of DX-Ball 2's predecessor DX-Ball made by Michael P. Welch, is present on the file PowerUps.img and left unused.

Unused	Used

Placeholder Powerups

These placeholders are found in the same file PowerUps.img and they are placed quite randomly on the spritesheet.

Scrapped Powerups: "foo" and "bar"

In the same file, two unused and supposedly abandoned powerups can be found. They are labelled as foo and bar respectively. These seem to be similar to two powerups in another breakout game called Megaball, made by Ed and Al Mackey. These were abandoned for unknown reasons.

Level Select

Typing "eureka" when a board is loaded enables level select. The arrow keys load the next or previous board in a pack. Any letter, number, or symbol key on the keyboard generates a random power up on command.

(Source: DX-Ball 2 Playing Tips)

Revisional Differences

Title Screen

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Icon

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