Ball: Buster

This is a completely free game released under the LGPL. It is a "Breakout clone", or, a game which closely mimicks the game play style of the original Breakout. A game which consists of bouncing a ball off of a paddle in an attempt to break colored bricks of varying strength. The windows Download has an Installer and Uninstaller. Have fun breaking stuff :)

Requires Windows 95/98/2k/me/xp or any operating system with a C++ compiler and support for Clanlib

New Version! (09/28/04), Ball: Buster eXtreme.
An eXtreme Modification of the Ball: Buster source code by Erik Ylvisaker. This version adds many new features and gameplay elements. Including high score list, 10 new power ups, bug fixes, 40+ premade levels, and some modifications to the rules of play. Enjoy!


Game Features:
• Hardware Acceleration for great performance
• Built in Level Editor
• 20 Power Ups
• Fast, fun gameplay
• Special Effects (particle, alpha, rotating, and zooming)
• Open Source
• Cool looking "Attract Mode"

Full installer and uninstaller (1.9MB) Windows
Zipped up (manual install or porting)
Sorry, there is no official linux port yet, but we're working on it. There may or may not be the mac os X version coming soon as well.
All downloads include source and are completely FREE.

Still Available, Ball: Buster Classic.
The original Ball: Buster game written by Patrick Avella
Full installer and uninstaller (2.1MB) Windows
Linux Version (tar.bz2)


If you liked this game, let me know by posting in the forum!
Mad Props to Steve Hoeg for once again making a Linux Port!
Steve's website can be found at: http://anti-solutions.com/
A big thanks goes to the clanlib dev team for making a great Game SDK
Clanlib can be found at: http://clanlib.org/

If ClanLib ever gets ported to MacOS X, there will be a MacOS X version. So Check back in the future.