Balling Video (video game)

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***Balling Video*** is platform video game based on animated film of Same Name, developed by Radical Entertainment and published by THQ. Game was release in 2004 for Mobile, OS X, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. Game Boy Advance version was also release on Twin Pack bundled with *MISSION* in 2006.

Most of cast from film reprise their roles in this game, while some of them were replaced, for example, Jesse Mccartney and David Spade are replaced by Yuri Lowenthal and JP Manoux as Peri Dazz and Nicky Kickzoo in this game.

## Gameplay

Play as Peri Dazz and Nicky Kickzoo in co op to defeat King Trojan and henchmen. Play will also be able to customize Peri and Nicky. It includes cutscenes from movie, and each clip is based on level escaping from King Trojan lair.

## Plot

*Same as movie plot but it has many edits and differences in video game version.*

Peri Dazz is 14 year old computer design living with his parents Heather Dazz and Earl Dazz. 1 week, Peri parents leave town, leaving him alone in house. For while, Peri is bored until he comes up with idea for his own computer game. Once he finish, Peri transfers game file into file and open up Game Genius to upload it. However, when he open up internet, he discovers pop up ad of website call Computeropolis with download link. When he click on link, computer has blind white flash that begins to suck up random things in room. Peri tries to escape, but fail and gets suck in.

Peri discovers online city deep inside realms of his computer. However, he is caught by 2 internet officers name Paul And Frank, who take him to lab where he is increased by PC Chip, which allow Peri to use desktop menu from his point of view. After he is finish get test at lab by using mouse cursor, Peri meet Nicky Kickzoo, enterprising scavenger hunter who is character Peri created for his game. Nicky initially despises Peri, who wants to get back home, but end up taking him along.

Duo arrives at Desktop Component League, organization department company head by CEO Manager Marc to fund his research their duties as law range from capturing viruses to protect city of Computeropolis. There, Marc orders Peri and Nicky to capture King Trojan, virus capable of corrupting entirety of global system. During their mission, Peri and Nicky meet Travis, fat, video game obsessed kid who knows Peri from Game Genius and join heroes to stop Trojan. However, they are captured by Trojan and Milo, and transports them to Trojan Lair.

At Trojan Lair, they see how viruses are created. Then Peri, Nicky and Travis manage to escape while Trojan minions chase them. Heroes succeed, but Peri forgets to upload to Game Genius, as he already has file of game on his computer. Nicky convinces him to visit Game Genius, confident that Peri game will get popular once it is published. When they arrive at site, Game Genius use learn that game will not be published due to negligent issues. Peri accuses Nicky of attempting to lie without tell him about issue. Then DCL arrives, with Marc ask Peri and Nicky if they caught him Trojan is still there and tell them that he is going to wipe out entire city using viruses.

Marc accuses Peri and Nicky of lying to him about capturing Trojan. Nicky admits he thought that if Peri spent time with him, he would befriend him. Peri leave to find his home so his parents will be home in no time by end of week. Then Clippit, intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office, appears and Peri ask him which way is his house. Then Clippit takes Peri to portal which lead him back home.

Back home, Peri happens upon screen say that his game is successful publish to Game Genius. DCL offers to reinstate Nicky, but he refuses, instead confessing to Clippit that he cheat, just as he is alert to Peri break in. Realizing what happened, Nicky defies Clippit and enter same portal. Nicky find Peri sit outside of his house and tell him that Trojan is going to destroy Computeropolis by using capable of viruses. Rush back to computer in Peri room and Peri open up Computeropolis file that Peri download before heroes then get suck into computer and leads them to Computeropolis.

Peri, Nicky, Travis, and DCL fight Trojan and Milo. Trojan return for final confrontation to kill boy. However, DCL manages to download antivirus program for Peri computer, causing Trojan and virus minions to disintegrate into digital pixel dust. Citizens of Computeropolis cheer for Peri, Nicky, and DCL for wiping out Trojan, but Peri realizes that it is end of week so he had to get back home in time when his parents arrive there. Peri uses portal that lead him back home. Back home again, his parents Heather and Earl return home and Peri explains to them what happened. They at 1 did not believe Peri due to his imagination during his childhood, but Peri is not making this up, and then, they finally believe him. Sometime later, Peri return to Computeropolis to spend time with Nicky and DCL.

## Voice cast

* Yuri Lowenthal as Peri Dazz
* JP Manoux as Nicky Kickzoo
* Fred Tatasciore as King Trojan
* Harland Williams as Milo
* Dan Fogler as Travis
* David Hyde Pierce as Manager Marc
* Jodi Benson as Commander Cindy
* Jon Lovitz as Notepad Ned Paul
* Grey Delisle as Painting Paula
* Kari Wahlgren as Carol
* Bill Farmer as Frank
* Tress Macneille as Heather Dazz
* Jeff Bennett as Earl Dazz
* Michael Gough as Additional Voices
* Audel Laroque as Additional Voices
* Tara Strong as Additional Voices
* Michael Wildshill as Additional Voices
* Keith Ferguson as Additional Voices

## Development

Game was originally going to be published by Universal Interactive, but was published by Sierra Entertainment instead due to Universal Interactive closure when that company was folded into Vivendi Universal Games, which distributed game.

## Reception

Game received generally positive reviews. Metacritic calculated average score of 100 out of 100 for game. In Japan, *Famitsu* gave it score of 100 out of 100 for PlayStation 2 version.

## Sequels

Sequel to game, which was based on 2 Movie, title *Computeropolis 2* was release on July 3, 2007. Gameplay of game is quite same as game based on 1 film, but with some differences. Video Game for 3 film *Computeropolis 3* has also been made.

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