Amazing Apps: Skee-Ball Plus

Many family recreation centers have Skee-Ball, the game where you roll the ball up the ramp and try to get it into pockets that are worth certain points. Even our church youth group has one in the youth room. I'm terrible at it, but still like playing.

Now there's an app version, which I had a chance to review. Skee-Ball Plus by Bay Tek Games has the same kind of game play, but in a virtual setting. Instead of rolling balls up the ramp, you swipe. It's fun to play on-the-go, plus there's no noise from balls that escape the ramp. I am actually a lot more successful this way!

Since it was first introduced to the public in 1908, Skee-Ball has generated $10 billion (40 billion quarters) in arcade revenues. Bay Tek Games acquired Skee-Ball Incorporated in 2016 and has since redesigned the game with updated alleys and a contemporary sensibility that still retains key elements of the brand’s classic look and feel. Bay Tek has also proactively eliminated unauthorized patent infringements, assuring consumers that new licensed products, such as the Skee-Ball app, are authentic, genuine and officially sanctioned.

The game has several modes and fun features:

●     Classic layout with multiple game options including Call your Shot, Speedball, Horse, Hangman, and Head to Head multiplayer modes like Countdown.

●     New layouts with different scoring circles and combinations including Pachinko style play.

●     Dynamic layouts where the targets are moving, appearing and disappearing, like Shooting Gallery, Ring the Bell and Wipeout (clearing the board) to challenge even the best players.

●     Ticket redemption for power ups, score multiplier balls, magic balls, new game boards and other goodies that affect gameplay, instead of just being window dressing on your shelf.

●     Global and Category Leaderboards, multiplayer options and social features.

You can find the game for iOS or Android for $2.99.

About Dimensional Branding Group, LLC

The San Francisco Bay Area based brand extension agency that focuses on brand licensing, business development and promotion services with a unique emphasis on the interactive & digital channels. DBG specializes in developing toys & games, iconic brands & digital trademarks into entertainment placement and new extension markets. DBG’s clients include Miniclip (8 Ball Pool, Agar.io & Bowmasters), Temple Run, Skee-Ball, Chronicle Books, King Kong, Talking Tom, Jam City (Cookie Jam, Panda Jam), Malibu, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Bay Tek Games among others.  www.dimensionalbranding.com

About Bay Tek Games, Inc.

Bay Tek Games is a U.S. designer and manufacturer of redemption games for the entertainment industry. Established in 1977, Bay Tek is based out of Pulaski, Wisconsin. With valued customer input and a team of vested developers Bay Tek Games puts passion into every single game they create.