RollBall

Version:

1.3

Release date:

Tuesday, 22 September, 1992

Categories:

Applications: games

License:

Open source (generic)

Interface:

PMShell
Workplace Shell

Italiano

Authors/Port authors:

Martin Iturbide

Roman Stangl

A. Doff

RollBall is a shared game for OS/2 2.0 PM (not 1.x). The target is to roll a ball to earn points, without falling into the holes.

This software is distributed as compressed package. You have to download and manually install it; if prerequisites are required, you will have to manually install them too.

Manual installation

Program is distributed as ZIP package: download to temporary directory and unpack to destination folder. See below for download link(s).

Following ones are the download links for manual installation:

RollBall v. 1.3 (11/9/2026, Martin Iturbide)	Readme/What's new	# GAME-ACTION-Rollball Version 1.3 — A 32-bit multithreaded Presentation Manager ball-rolling game for OS/2 and ArcaOS. ## Overview Roll the red ball to collect colored dots for points, while placing deflectors with the mouse to steer it away from holes. The ball speeds up as your score increases. ## Controls \| Input \| Action \| \|-------\|--------\| \| Left mouse button \| Place `\` deflector \| \| Right mouse button \| Place `/` deflector \| \| Ctrl+N \| New Game \| \| Ctrl+P \| Pause / Resume \| \| Ctrl+Q \| Quit current game (shows score) \| \| Ctrl+X \| Exit \| \| Ctrl+B \| Background Run toggle \| \| Ctrl+F \| Frame Controls (borderless) \| ## Build Instructions Requires Open Watcom C/C++ and the OS/2 Toolkit 4.5 headers. ``` compile-wat.cmd ``` Or directly: ``` wmake -f makefile.wat all ``` Output is placed in `bin\rollball.exe`. ## Project Layout ``` src/ Source files (.c, .h, .rc, .def, .ico, .ptr) bin/ Build output (.exe, .obj, .res, .map) doc/ Documentation (Readme.txt, Changelog.txt, LICENSE.txt) img/ Bitmap resources legacy/ Original unmodified source kept for reference makefile.wat Open Watcom build file compile-wat.cmd OS/2 CMD build script ``` ## Changelog Summary 1.3 (2026-09-10) — New Game (Ctrl+N) / Quit Game (Ctrl+Q) shortcuts; 1024×768 default window; 24×24 scaled graphics; game-over message localized. 1.01 (2026-09-10) — Open Watcom port; Game/Options/Help menus; Ctrl+X/P/B/F shortcuts; 6-language support; settings persistence. 1.00 (2017) — 25th anniversary update, IBM VisualAge C++. 0.99 (1992) — Original release by Stangl Roman. ## License GNU GPL v3 — see [doc/LICENSE.txt](doc/LICENSE.txt) ## Authors - Stangl Roman (original author, 1992–2017) - Martin Iturbide (ArcaOS port, 2026) ## Links - https://www.os2world.com/games
hobbes.os-2.in/download/os2/games-6/action-5/RollBall_1-3.zip
RollBall v. 1.00 (23/1/2017, A. Doff)	Readme/What's new	RollBall Version 1.00, 2017 (25th anniversary) Silver jubilee edition of RollBall, which required a slow computer to work. The game is changed. Now the speed of the ball increases slowly, to make certain death a more likely event. Source included. Shareware claims removed. RollBall is not the best game ever, but at least it's working again. The goal of the simple game is to roll a ball to earn points, without it falling into one of the holes. - It's anything but a must-have game, but the original author is responsible for over 99% of the code, and changing 1% is not a big deal. Nevertheless the changed 1% changed the game. - Documentation changed, updated and mixed with old documentation. - Hi-res timer used (may not work with OS/2 2.0 anymore). - Made certain death more likely ny increasing the ball's speed, based on the number of times of points scored so far. - "Shareware Game": shared game. - Build environment IBM VisualAge C++. - BUILD.CMD instead of ROLLBALL.MAK, it's a simple project. - lxLite is used too, but not in BUILD.CMD. - UI improved, updated and repaired. - Version changed to 1.00. - The game no longer requires an Intel 80386 CPU with a specific speed. The original DosSleep(0) was far too fast. An inspiring DosSleep(1) was too slow. Multiplying the speed of the ball by 2 works, after some modifications, works, but then the certain death is sort of missing. - Abandoned: error checking.
hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/games/action/rollball_100_sj.zip
RollBall v. 0.99 (30/1/1995, Roman Stangl)
ecsoft2.org/it/system/files/repository/rollball.zip	local copy
RollBall (22/9/1992, Roman Stangl)
www.os2site.com/sw/games/action/rollball.zip