Highly Addictive, Brightfully Coloured And So Very Annoying.
Even the name sounds pretty bad. When showed this by the Mr. the first time I cringed when the opening screen appeared displaying a unicorn with rainbows and "Ode To Joy" singing heavily in the background.
I honestly became worried for my partners sake - Had he gone crazy?
Later, i discovered, he was a genius.
Peggle is an immediate classic, with its many levels, Peggle challenges the player to shoot a limited supply of balls at a field of colored pegs to clear out specifically-marked pegs while attempting to achieve a high score through skilled shot planning. Special powers associated with a number of cartoon "Peggle Masters" can be activated to aid the player in this task.
Within the game's main "Adventure" mode, Peggle is divided into fifty-five levels. Each level features an arrangement of approximately one hundred blue "pegs", positioned to correspond with the level's background picture, inside of three walls on the top and sides (leaving the bottom opened), along with other fixed and moving features. The goal of each level is to clear the board of the twenty-five random pegs that are turned orange at the start of the level, by using a ball launcher located at the top center of the screen to strike one or more of the pegs. Pegs light up when hit, and once the ball either falls through the bottom of the screen or is caught by the ball catcher that moves back and forth along the bottom in a fixed manner, the pegs will be removed. Struck pegs are also removed if the ball is stuck on them. The player begins each level with ten balls to clear the orange pegs, but may earn more by landing the ball in the ball catcher, or by earning high scores on single shots. Failure to clear the board with the allotted number of balls will require the player to restart the level, while completing this objective will allow the player to progress forward to the next board.
Simple, yes?
Ha. Not so, its highly addictive, and you make the difficult choice of choosing the right character to see you through each level.
Not only that, but when the player clears the board of orange pegs, as announced by the song "Ode To Joy" and the message "Extreme Fever",the bottom of the level is replaced with five bins of different point values that the ball will fall into. The player is awarded this score in addition to any unused balls remaining to get their final score for the level. If all the remaining pegs are cleared before hitting the final orange peg, a bonus is awarded and all the bins turn to the maximum value during this "Ultra Extreme Fever".
Frustratingly for me, it seemed my ball always hit the lowest value bin.
Other than that, Peggle is addictive, annoying and is great for challenging friends!