is an

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released in 1989 by

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. The player moves a ball through a maze by rotating the maze itself around the ball. It was ported to the

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, and

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. The Super NES version was published in North America and Europe as ''On The Ball''.

Release

The game runs on Taito's F1 system hardware and uses the same optical rotary system from in Taito's 1986 arcade game ''

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''. It was ported in 1992 to the

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, and in 1993 to the

computer. The Super NES release was titled ''On The Ball'' in North America and Europe, and was compatible with the

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Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Cameltry'' on their May 15, 1990 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Legacy

In 2005, Taito released an updated version for the

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in Japan called ''Mawashite Koron'', which made its way to North America and Europe in 2007 under the name ''Labyrinth''. A version of the game is also available for the

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and

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, as part of the ''

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'' collection, and for the

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, as part of the '' Taito Legends Power-Up'' collection with the remake version was included in the latter. Another updated version was released for the

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in 2009 and

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in 2010.

References

External links

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