Underplayed Gems

Ball Jacks (1993)

Ball Jacks cover
Publisher
Namcot
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres
Puzzle, Racing, Simulator, Sport, Strategy
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A unique sports puzzle game involving grabbing balls from a conveyor belt in this oddball Namco title.

quirkypuzzlecompetitivearcade-stylecasualunique

About

Ball Jacks is a 1993 game for the Sega Mega Drive by Namco released exclusively in Japan and Europe. The game is a "sports game" with a unique sport involving grabbing balls from a conveyor belt on end end of the screen and dropping them into another. Whether or not this is a renamed port of another game is presently unknown.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.