Ballerburg
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Product ID: SLES 04017 Release Date: 17th Jan 2003 Barcode: 8717249590002
Publisher: Phoenix Games Ltd Developer:
Regional Info: PAL - UKV -
System: Sony PlayStation (PS1) Disc Colour: Black
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Originally released on PC in 2001, Ballerburg was ported to the PS1 in 2003.
KKnown Prices
SRP £14.99
Taken from game case
Cannons and Catapults Collide
Castles crumble to the ground in magical siege warfare
Only the strong will survive
Protect your kingdom and conquer your opponents in explosive one on one action
Original website details
Available now - SRP £9.99 (Price valid as of oct 2003)
If you think being a king is a funny job you have another thing coming. Right, nowadays, it's something really hot: money, speedy cars and boats and the hottest girls ever at your side. But those days, in times of castles, knights and all, every day was a now or never.
Ballerburg takes you back in time with a story filled with humour, fortresses, queens, guns and intrigue. Experience a battle through the eyes of a general, as your queen has ordered you to get rid of her hated sisters. This game is for strategists who want action, and for action fans who want more in-depth play.
Humour filled story with game related comments
4 action varieties and free game
4 campaigns with 8 levels each
2 player hot seat mode
14 different buildings with individual functions
9 magic spells for lightning, earthquake or shield
11 distinctive weapons, from catapult to rocket launcher
Night and daytime reality through sound and vision
Battle ratings, record lists and medals
Website full details
The complete story:
If you think being King's a cushy job, you need your head examining. Of course nowadays it's a doddle: huge pad, masses of dosh, flashy cars and a constant stream of hot babes knocking at your portcullis. But in the olden days, what with castles, knights and all that sort of stuff, it wasn't that easy. That's why our Ballerburg King is having a pretty rough time of it at the moment.
For years, everything was fine and dandy in his secluded little corner of the globe. He was the King, young, free and single, and really living it up. Subjects doffed their caps and put wedges of cash into his coffers, so that his "sky-highness" could want for nothing. And so his little reign might well have continued. Yeah, might have - if his head honchones hadn't stumbled upon the demented idea of wanting to play happy families.
Maybe it was the result of too many boozy nights spent drinking himself into oblivion, but he suddenly found himself having a major crisis. "Oh my God, my lineage is going to die out, I'm the last of my kind." Anyway, for whatever reason, he totally lost the plot, staggered round the infinite expanses of his palace for a while, bawling his head off, and suddenly decided he wanted a wife and kids.
But instead of sitting down and checking through the lists of eligible young maidens at his leisure, he snapped up the first woman that came along and wallop... first wedding, then wife installed… and he found himself in deep doodoo. Really, all he had wanted was a nice blonde bimbo with a great figure, who would keep her mouth shut and play with his sceptre. But what he actually got was a battleaxe in disguise who made his life merry hell.
And as for the bouncing baby heir to the throne… Well, much to his royal bewilderment, her ladyship soon presented him with four completely nutty daughters. So he was still the only one to pee standing up. As the years went by, the brats also took it upon themselves to take on their old man's job, so that he spent every day expecting them to whip his throne out from under him.
The only thing the four graces have in common is their hatred of Daddy. In all other matters, they show incredibly destructive tendencies towards each other. Given the slightest excuse, the girls always try to reduce each others' dwellings to rubble, so that they can take over the whole kit and caboodle for themselves. What's more, they don't care how they do it - from simple conspiracy to hellfire, anything goes. Fortunately the huge dowry from their father covers these expensive bunfights.
So anyway, this has all been going on for some time, and the big guy on the throne who started the whole mess is getting regular panic attacks from all the hostilities. So if you fancy a piece of the action and you're after a hot girlfriend and being able to call yourself "King", I should go and call on our charming princesses. They're always on the lookout for hunky warriors with their weapons at the ready. Fire away, amigo!
Magazine/Online Previews
Official UK Playstation Magazine - nov 2002
No, it's not a stripy kind of cake your gran serves up for tea...
Following hot on the heels of Black & White, PC strategy title Ballerburg is to be converted to PSOne. The German developed game, due for release at Christmas, is best described as Sim City with castles.
The idea is to build and defend your citadel and its settlements while trying to demolish your foes. There aren't any units to control, other than an airship for aerial bombardement, but there are plenty of spells and effects to raise shields or set fire to enemy corps. Not to mention wizards, zeppelins and whacking great cannons for pummelling the enemy!
Baring in mind the well-deserved popularity of cartoon, turn based strategy games on PSOne, such as Hogs of War and Worms, it'll be intersting to see how the genre does in a fantasy backdrop. With Black & White and now Ballerburg on the way, this Christmas looks like it could be a strategist's heaven.
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Games Asylum - www.gamesasylum.com - jan 2003
Score: 8 /10
You'd be forgiven for not having heard of Ballerburg before. After all, it’s a port of an unknown PC game for the aging PSOne, from a previously unheard of publisher. In fact, if we hadn't written this review out of the kindness of our hearts then chances are that you’d have to live your life not knowing of this games’ existence full stop. And that would be a shame, because Ballerburg is what we’d call a real ‘hidden gem’.
Publisher: Phoenix Games Ltd Developer:
Regional Info: PAL - UKV -
System: Sony PlayStation (PS1) Disc Colour: Black
Click Here to View Larger Images.
Originally released on PC in 2001, Ballerburg was ported to the PS1 in 2003.
KKnown Prices
SRP £14.99
Taken from game case
Cannons and Catapults Collide
Castles crumble to the ground in magical siege warfare
Only the strong will survive
Protect your kingdom and conquer your opponents in explosive one on one action
Original website details
Available now - SRP £9.99 (Price valid as of oct 2003)
If you think being a king is a funny job you have another thing coming. Right, nowadays, it's something really hot: money, speedy cars and boats and the hottest girls ever at your side. But those days, in times of castles, knights and all, every day was a now or never.
Ballerburg takes you back in time with a story filled with humour, fortresses, queens, guns and intrigue. Experience a battle through the eyes of a general, as your queen has ordered you to get rid of her hated sisters. This game is for strategists who want action, and for action fans who want more in-depth play.
Humour filled story with game related comments
4 action varieties and free game
4 campaigns with 8 levels each
2 player hot seat mode
14 different buildings with individual functions
9 magic spells for lightning, earthquake or shield
11 distinctive weapons, from catapult to rocket launcher
Night and daytime reality through sound and vision
Battle ratings, record lists and medals
Website full details
The complete story:
If you think being King's a cushy job, you need your head examining. Of course nowadays it's a doddle: huge pad, masses of dosh, flashy cars and a constant stream of hot babes knocking at your portcullis. But in the olden days, what with castles, knights and all that sort of stuff, it wasn't that easy. That's why our Ballerburg King is having a pretty rough time of it at the moment.
For years, everything was fine and dandy in his secluded little corner of the globe. He was the King, young, free and single, and really living it up. Subjects doffed their caps and put wedges of cash into his coffers, so that his "sky-highness" could want for nothing. And so his little reign might well have continued. Yeah, might have - if his head honchones hadn't stumbled upon the demented idea of wanting to play happy families.
Maybe it was the result of too many boozy nights spent drinking himself into oblivion, but he suddenly found himself having a major crisis. "Oh my God, my lineage is going to die out, I'm the last of my kind." Anyway, for whatever reason, he totally lost the plot, staggered round the infinite expanses of his palace for a while, bawling his head off, and suddenly decided he wanted a wife and kids.
But instead of sitting down and checking through the lists of eligible young maidens at his leisure, he snapped up the first woman that came along and wallop... first wedding, then wife installed… and he found himself in deep doodoo. Really, all he had wanted was a nice blonde bimbo with a great figure, who would keep her mouth shut and play with his sceptre. But what he actually got was a battleaxe in disguise who made his life merry hell.
And as for the bouncing baby heir to the throne… Well, much to his royal bewilderment, her ladyship soon presented him with four completely nutty daughters. So he was still the only one to pee standing up. As the years went by, the brats also took it upon themselves to take on their old man's job, so that he spent every day expecting them to whip his throne out from under him.
The only thing the four graces have in common is their hatred of Daddy. In all other matters, they show incredibly destructive tendencies towards each other. Given the slightest excuse, the girls always try to reduce each others' dwellings to rubble, so that they can take over the whole kit and caboodle for themselves. What's more, they don't care how they do it - from simple conspiracy to hellfire, anything goes. Fortunately the huge dowry from their father covers these expensive bunfights.
So anyway, this has all been going on for some time, and the big guy on the throne who started the whole mess is getting regular panic attacks from all the hostilities. So if you fancy a piece of the action and you're after a hot girlfriend and being able to call yourself "King", I should go and call on our charming princesses. They're always on the lookout for hunky warriors with their weapons at the ready. Fire away, amigo!
Magazine/Online Previews
Official UK Playstation Magazine - nov 2002
No, it's not a stripy kind of cake your gran serves up for tea...
Following hot on the heels of Black & White, PC strategy title Ballerburg is to be converted to PSOne. The German developed game, due for release at Christmas, is best described as Sim City with castles.
The idea is to build and defend your citadel and its settlements while trying to demolish your foes. There aren't any units to control, other than an airship for aerial bombardement, but there are plenty of spells and effects to raise shields or set fire to enemy corps. Not to mention wizards, zeppelins and whacking great cannons for pummelling the enemy!
Baring in mind the well-deserved popularity of cartoon, turn based strategy games on PSOne, such as Hogs of War and Worms, it'll be intersting to see how the genre does in a fantasy backdrop. With Black & White and now Ballerburg on the way, this Christmas looks like it could be a strategist's heaven.
==========================================
Games Asylum - www.gamesasylum.com - jan 2003
Score: 8 /10
You'd be forgiven for not having heard of Ballerburg before. After all, it’s a port of an unknown PC game for the aging PSOne, from a previously unheard of publisher. In fact, if we hadn't written this review out of the kindness of our hearts then chances are that you’d have to live your life not knowing of this games’ existence full stop. And that would be a shame, because Ballerburg is what we’d call a real ‘hidden gem’.
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