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Bounce is a platformer mobile game series published by Nokia, revolving around the player controlling a red ball and navigating through levels.After the original Bounce, which was a 2D platformer, Nokia made a follow up named Bounce Back, and later teamed up with Rovio Entertainment who developed numerous new titles until 2010, including games set in 3D worlds.
Losing hazard (in-off in snooker terms) – striking one's cue ball so that it hits another ball and then enters a pocket: 3 points if the red ball was hit first; 2 points if the other cue ball was hit first; 2 points if the red and the other cue ball are hit simultaneously. Combinations of the above may all be scored on the same shot.
The game starts with two atoms (red-and-white balls), bouncing about a room (the rectangular field of play). The player points at a position within the room and clicks to start building either vertical or horizontal lines, also called walls, from the pointer position, either up and down or left and right.
American-style eight-ball arose around 1900, derived from basic pyramid pool. [1] In 1925, the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company began offering ball sets specifically for the game using unnumbered yellow and red balls (in contrast to the numbered solids and stripes found in most pool ball sets), a black eight ball, and the white cue ball.
Red ball, an impending murder, in the science fiction film Minority Report; Red ball or redball, jargon for a high-profile police case that draws media and political attention, often used in the book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets; Red ball, a ball used in snooker or billiards, see glossary of cue sports terms; Red ball, a red cricket ...
Bocce (/ ˈ b ɒ tʃ i / ⓘ, [1] [2] or / ˈ b ɒ tʃ eɪ /, [3] Italian:), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, [4] bocci, [5] or boccie, [1] is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy , it is closely related to English bowls and French pétanque , with a common ancestry from ancient games played ...
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A ball going through the scoreboard, either on the bounce or fly, is a ground rule double. A fly ball striking left-center field wall to right of or on the line behind the flag pole is a home run. A fly ball striking wall or flag pole and bouncing into bleachers is a home run. A fly ball striking line or right of same on wall in center is a ...