Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:

Senkyu (c) 1995 Seibu Kaihatsu.

In this puzzle game, 3 rotatable balls consisting of 4 basic colors, yellow, pink, green, blue, fall from the top to the lowest part of the screen.

When groups of like-colored spheres collect together, they disappear and the space is filled in with surrounding spheres.

Bonuses are awarded for completing combos and the game ends when the entire screen has been filled up.

The game has many modes of play: Single, Puzzle, Vs. Computer and Vs. Player. In Puzzle mode there is continuous, changing backgrounds and additional colors. In the Vs. play modes, the spheres only appear in the 4 basic colors.

- TECHNICAL -

Seibu SPI Hardware

Main CPU: I386 (@ 25 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 7.15909 Mhz) Sound Chips: YMF271 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 3

- TRIVIA -

Senkyu was released in October 1995 in Japan.

Export releases: This game is known outside Japan as "Battle Balls".

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES: Sony PlayStation (1997) "Raiden DX": As a bonus game.

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Senkyu (Japan, newer). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Senkyu (Japan, newer) is filed in our catalog as a 1995 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Puzzle.

Credit line lists Seibu Kaihatsu as developer.