zBalls: a 1998 Java Applet
Touch a plain ball and it spawns another one, so if you're sloppy, the balls multiply until you lose. I honestly don't remember why we used it, nor why the game is called "Bolongas".
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Touch a plain ball and it spawns another one, so if you're sloppy, the balls multiply until you lose.
I honestly don't remember why we used it, nor why the game is called "Bolongas".
It was called "Bolongas zBalls", and it was a Java applet.
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Touch a plain ball and it spawns another one, so if you're sloppy, the balls multiply until you lose. I honestly don't remember why we used it, nor why the game is called "Bolongas". Originally appeared on code.dblock.org | tech blog.
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Originally appeared on code.dblock.org | tech blog. In January 1998, a classmate and I wrote a game. It was called "Bolongas zBalls", and it was a Java applet.
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