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Ballionaire does not drop the ball!

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

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January 16, 2025

RETRO Arcade-style games are making an undeniable comeback in the thriving indie games niche.

- Anusha Ganapathi

RETRO Arcade-style games are making an undeniable comeback in the thriving indie games niche. There was UFO 50 which created waves last year with its package of 50 different retro-style games with 8-bit graphics. And now, Pinball and other Pachinko-style mechanical games have found a new avatar in Ballionaire - which has a very fascinating bumper-based mechanic.

Ballionaire is very simple to explain. To start with, you are provided with 5 attempts with balls that drop down a pyramid-shaped machine, to reach a cash goal. Fail to meet the target, and the game ends instantly. So what makes it so good?

If you've ever played on an arcade pachinko machine - you know that there is no real science behind this. You simply watch the ball drop from the top of the machine, and hope that it somehow makes its way down to the ideal prize category by hitting the right pegs.

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