Bolo Ball
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About this game
Bolo Ball is a turn-based contest against the computer on a 29-by-18 grid. You control the blue balls and the computer controls red. Move along the top row and push a ball into the maze, trying to send it as far down as possible.
Left and Right move your character along the row; Down pushes a ball. Arrow tiles redirect a rolling ball and reverse after it passes. Yellow tiles add ten points, while black holes send the ball to another black-hole tile. Gray blocks stop progress until both players have released all their balls, when those blocks disappear and scoring continues.
Choose a short game for one level or a long game for three. A ball reaching the bottom earns sixty points; a stranded ball scores two per row travelled. Press H for the rules and K for key definitions.
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Quick tips
Plan for arrow tiles to reverse after a ball passes.
Gray blocks disappear after both sides have pushed all their balls.
Start with the one-level short game while learning the scoring.
- Arrow Left / Arrow Right
- Move along your top row
- Arrow Down
- Push a ball into the maze
- L
- Look at the opponent’s top row on your turn
- H
- Show game directions
- K
- Show key definitions
- S
- Toggle sound during play
- B
- Show the best-score counter
- Escape
- Abandon the current game and begin a new one
- Q
- Quit Bolo Ball
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Rights and Source Notes
Browser play uses the archived Shareware release.
- Distribution
- Shareware
- Browser player
- js-dos · Browser play
- Added to archive
- 2026-07-28