''Timeball'' is a puzzle video game released by NEC for the TurboGrafx-16. The object of the game is to guide a ball along pieces of track by moving tiles like a sliding puzzle. The game's name in Japan is ''Blodia'', an

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of ''Diablo'', the title of a computer game upon which ''Blodia'' is based. Versions of ''Blodia'' were released exclusively in Japan for the original Game Boy and the Sharp X68000. A spin-off titled ''Blodia Land: Puzzle Quest'' was released for the Famicom, replacing the ball with cartoon dinosaur-like characters. These versions were developed by Tonkin House and published by Broderbund.

Gameplay

The grid on screen is composed of tiles. Some tiles have a piece of road, and a black tile represents "the void", an area where one can drag the tile nearby in order to complete a road which will be taken by a ball that will follow the path. Players must arrange the tiles such that the ball traverses all sections of track. The ball can be sped up by pressing a button. If the ball reaches a tile without a piece of track, it falls out of play. The game also includes a level editor which allows for the creation of custom puzzles. An earlier "prototype" version without the level editor was published for the TI-99/4a and other computers as "Diablo" in 1985.

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* *{{MobyGames, id=/blodia, name=''Blodia'' for Game Boy 1990 video games Game Boy games Puzzle video games X68000 games TurboGrafx-16 games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Japan

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