![Ball [Model AC-01] screenshot](images/game/100929_1.png "Ball [Model AC-01]")
Ball © 1980 Nintendo Co., Ltd.
The player tosses three balls in the air. As the balls fall, the player must catch and toss them up again. One point is earned for each successful catch. A dropped ball will display a broken ball and end the game. The object is to continuously catch the balls that fall and throw them back up, as in juggling.
Model AC-01
Ball was released on April 28, 1980 (Monday) in Japan. It was the first Game & Watch game by Nintendo.
Though Ball was not the most successful game in the franchise, it is perhaps the most important. Ball has been a failure, the future of the franchise and conceivably the company's video game business would have possibly been less likely to survive.