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{{Short description|1998 racing video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}{{Infobox video game
[[Category: 1998 computer and video games]]▼
| image = Iggy's Reckin Balls cover.jpg
[[Category:Nintendo 64 games]]▼
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = [[Iguana Entertainment]]
| publisher = [[Acclaim Entertainment]]
| programmer = Carl Wade<br/>Ian Dunlop
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|August 24, 1998<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-08-24 |title=Iggy Comes Home |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/25/iggy-comes-home |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125041838/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/25/iggy-comes-home |url-status=live }}</ref>|UK|August 28, 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1998 |title=''Iggy's Reckin Balls'' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/921757805/?match=1&terms=%22iggy%27s%22%20%22balls%22 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |pages=54 |quote=''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' is out on August 28 and costs £39.99, but you could win one by naming the Brazilian character in the game.}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Platform game|Platformer]], [[Racing video game|racing]]
| platforms = [[Nintendo 64]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| designer = [[Jools Watsham]]
}}
'''''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'''''{{efn|{{nihongo|'''''Iggy-kun no Bura Bura Pyon'''''|イギーくんのぶら²ぽよん|Igii-kun no Bura Bura Poyon|lead=yes}}}} is a [[Racing game|racing]] [[video game]] developed by [[Iguana Entertainment]] and published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]] for the [[Nintendo 64]]. It was originally released in August 1998. It involves a set of ball characters with faces and unique personalities that race around a series of vertical [[obstacle course]]s in order to win medals. The characters use [[grappling hook]]s to climb to other platforms and attack other players. The game is named after Iggy, who is the main character. Iggy represents the developer's mascot, an [[iguana]].
Upon its release, the game received mixed reviews from critics. In 2024, the game was re-released through the [[Nintendo Classics]] service.<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1782937930618573050 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
==Gameplay==
[[File:Iggy's Reckin' Balls screen shot.jpg|200px|left|thumb|A screenshot of ''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' on [[Nintendo 64]]]]
''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' is a simple racing game with tower-based levels.<ref name=EGM105>{{cite magazine |title=Reckin' Balls |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=105 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=April 1998|page=38}}</ref> The players must pull themselves up to the next level of a tower using a grappling hook, which can also be used to grab and slow down opponents.<ref name=EGM105/><ref name=GPro116>{{cite magazine |author=Air Hendrix|title=Sneak Previews: Reckin' Balls |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=116|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=May 1998|page=50}}</ref> Each type of stage is divided into 10 towers. The players race up the tower and the first to reach the top is teleported back to the bottom. Once two or three laps (or just one in final towers in each world) have been completed, the tower is destroyed and the player moves on to the next tower. There are ten worlds in Iggy's Reckin' Balls, each containing ten towers.
Power-ups, scattered throughout the 100 courses, equip the players with temporary special abilities.<ref name=GPro116/> Up to four players can participate. Modes of play include Arcade, Mix-up, Time Trial and Battle. There are initially eight characters to choose from, with an additional nine hidden characters that can be unlocked later.
==Development==
''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' was developed by [[Iguana Entertainment]] and published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]]. The game was pitched by [[Jools Watsham]], drawing picturing and describing the game to Acclaim, who rejected the idea. Watsham, with the help of programmers Carl Wade and Ian Dunlop, created a [[prototype]] in two weeks and was approved by Acclaim to make the game.<ref name=IGN1>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/06/30/talkin-with-iggy|title=Talkin' With Iggy|author=IGN Staff|work=[[IGN]]|date=June 29, 1998|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> [[N64.com]] first revealed its development in 1997 with details such as its tentative title "Wrecking Balls" and having similar gameplay to ''[[Putty Squad]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/11/14/acclaims-balls-exposed|title=Acclaim's "Balls" Exposed|author=IGN Staff|work=[[IGN]]|date=November 13, 1997|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125042725/https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/11/14/acclaims-balls-exposed|url-status=live}}</ref> Development began in March 1997 and concluded in early June 1998, programmed into a 4 [[megabyte]] cart. The grappling hook mechanic was inspired by 1988's [[Bionic Commando (1988 video game)|''Bionic Commando'']].<ref name=IGN1/> It was released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 1998.
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|GR = 69.35%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/197610-iggys-reckin-balls/index.html|title=Iggy's Reckin' Balls for Nintendo 64|work=[[GameRankings]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909043423/http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/197610-iggys-reckin-balls/index.html|archive-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref>
|CVG = 3/5<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|title=Mini Reviews|last=Huntala|first=Alex|page=73|issue=203|date=October 1998|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_203_1998-10_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n71/mode/2up/}}</ref>
|GamePro = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/n64/games/reviews/361.shtml|title=Iggy's Reckin' Balls Review for N64|author=Dr. Zombie|magazine=[[GamePro]]|date=January 1, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041001122504/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/n64/games/reviews/361.shtml|archive-date=October 1, 2004}}</ref>
|GameRev = 3/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32620-iggys-reckin-balls-review|title=Go wreck some balls. Review|work=[[GameRevolution]]|date=October 1, 1998|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>
|GSpot = 6.7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/iggys-reckin-balls-review/1900-2544567/|title=Iggy's Reckin' Balls Review|last=Fielder|first=Lauren|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=April 28, 2000|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512184158/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/iggys-reckin-balls-review/1900-2544567/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|IGN = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/09/11/iggys-reckin-balls|title=Iggy's Reckin' Balls Review|last=Schneider|first=Peer|author-link=Peer Schneider|work=[[IGN]]|date=September 10, 1998|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>
|JXV = 13/20<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000206_test.htm|title=Test : Iggy's Reckin' Balls|work=[[Jeuxvideo.com]]|language=fr|date=October 7, 1998|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324032906/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000206_test.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|N64 = 56%<ref name=N64mag>{{cite magazine | title=Iggy's Reckin' Balls | date=September 1998 | issue=19 |pages=46–47 |last=Kitts |first=Martin |magazine=N64 Magazine | publisher=Future Publishing}}</ref>
|NP = 6.6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|title=Now Playing|page=95|issue=108|date=May 1998}}</ref>
}}
''Iggy's Reckin' Balls'' received mixed reception from critics.
Following Acclaim's bankruptcy, [[Throwback Entertainment]] bought at auction part of their catalog in 2006, including ''Iggy's Reckin' Balls''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/throwback-picks-up-acclaim-properties/1100-6153639/|title=Throwback picks up Acclaim properties|last=Sinclair|first=Brendan|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=July 7, 2006|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804093430/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/throwback-picks-up-acclaim-properties/1100-6153639/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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