Play Airball (Proto2) Online
Bounce through tricky rooms as a deflating creature, avoiding spikes and enemies while searching for air pumps to stay inflated and find the exit.
Airball (Proto2) is an unreleased prototype for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by ASCII Entertainment. It exists as a curious artifact from the late 1980s, a time when developers were still exploring the possibilities of side scrolling and physics based mechanics on the console. The game never saw a commercial release, leaving it as a brief, unfinished glimpse into a particular style of puzzle platformer from that era.
You control a round, inflatable creature that slowly deflates over time, navigating through a series of single screen rooms filled with hazards like spikes and enemies. Your main goal is to bounce carefully from one platform to the next, managing your remaining air supply while searching for the exit in each room. The signature mechanics involve judging the angle and force of each jump to avoid obstacles, along with locating air pumps to reinflate yourself before you collapse. The pacing is deliberate and tense, with a difficulty that comes from both precision movement and a persistent time limit. It feels like a constant, quiet race against your own gradual disappearance.
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