Pegball

Pegball is an unabashed Peggle homage: aim a cannon at a field of blue and orange pegs, fire a ball, and watch it physically bounce its way down, clearing pegs and building a combo multiplier as it goes. Clear every orange peg to win a board; run out of balls first and it's over.

We tested this by launching real shots with both a simulated touch tap and a real mouse click, reading the game's own state before and after each shot rather than trusting the screen alone. On mobile, a single tap sent the ball count from 10 to 9, spawned a live ball, and by the time it settled the score had jumped from 0 to 1200 with an "x8 COMBO!" banner and a trail of "+200" floating text on screen -- a real, physics-driven bounce chain, not a scripted animation. The same aim-toward-your-input-point-and-tap mechanic worked identically with a mouse click on desktop, immediately spawning a ball and awarding points on contact.

What stands out is how well-dressed this prototype is compared to plainer entries in the same collection: a subtle starfield background, softly glowing pegs, a gold catcher paddle waiting at the bottom for bonus balls, and a portrait-oriented canvas (700x1080) that actually fills most of a phone screen rather than forcing a rotate or letterboxing down to a sliver. It reads like a real, finished small game rather than a tech demo.

The trade-off is that this is about as direct a clone of Peggle's format as you'll find -- there's no twist on the formula here, and only the one board to play, so once you've cleared it or lost a run there's nothing structurally new waiting on a second attempt beyond chasing a better score.

Verdict: A well-built, good-looking peg popper that nails the physical, combo-driven feel of the genre it's borrowing from, on both touch and mouse, in a layout that actually respects a phone screen. Recommended for anyone who enjoys this style of game.