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Synopsis

Hyperbowl is a futuristic one-on-one sport viewed from above, with a small portion of the rectangular field visible at a time. Each player controls one of 10 available spaceships, each with their own strengths and weaknesses in terms of speed, inertia and direction of fire. A scanner indicates the position of the vessels and the balloon, to avoid any disorientation.

The objective is to guide the ball either into a "goal" in the middle of each end (2 points) or onto the goal line elsewhere (1 point). The ball can be directed either by hitting it with the ship or by shooting it with your ship's beam (which does not harm or hinder the opposing ship in any way). In both cases, the ball moves in a semi-random direction similar to the one you aimed it in, but it may bounce unexpectedly off the plus-shaped holes in the wall.

The game lasts 5 minutes, or until a player reaches the winning score of 9. Each of the three skill levels is a 5-level tournament of increasing difficulty.

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