Cameltry is an arcade

Arcade game

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 video game released in 1989 by Taito

Taito Corporation

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. The game ran on Taito's F2 system hardware and used the same optical rotary system utilized in Taito's 1986 arcade game Arkanoid

Arkanoid

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. It was later ported in 1992 to the Super NES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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, and in 1993 to the FM Towns

FM Towns

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 computer. The Super NES release was titled On The Ball in North America and Europe, and was compatible with the Super NES Mouse. The gameplay consists of moving a ball through a labyrinth by rotating the board itself around the ball. In 2006, Taito released an updated version for the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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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 PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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, Xbox

Xbox

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 and PC

Personal computer

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, as part of the Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to Taito Legends and is a follow-up collection of 39 Taito arcade games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC....

 collection, and for the PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

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, as part of the Taito Legends Power-Up collection. Another updated version was released for the iPhone OS

IPhone OS

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 in 2009 and Zune HD

Zune HD

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 in 2010.

External links

• "Cameltry" at everything2
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• "Mawashite Koron" at IGN
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