MoHo
{{Short description|2000 video game}}
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| developer = Lost Toys
| publisher = Take-Two Interactive
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| platforms = PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows
| released = PlayStation
{{vgrelease|NA|July 27, 2000{{cite web |author=IGN staff |date=July 27, 2000 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/28/straight-to-the-bargain-bin |title=Straight to the Bargain Bin |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026225728/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/28/straight-to-the-bargain-bin |archivedate=October 26, 2020 |url-status=live |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}|UK|August 4, 2000{{Cite web |title=Moho |url=http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2924 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030131000345/http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2924 |archive-date=January 31, 2003 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=Chipsworld}}}}Windows
{{vgrelease|EU|November 3, 2000}}Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|EU|November 24, 2000}}
| genre = Action video game
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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MoHo (known as Ball Breakers in North America) is a video game developed by Lost Toys and published by Take-Two Interactive for PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Microsoft Windows in 2000.
Reception
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| GR_PC = 32%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/436739-moho/index.html |title=MoHo for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209014605/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/436739-moho/index.html |archivedate=December 9, 2019 |accessdate=October 23, 2020}}
| CNG_PS = 6/10{{cite web |last=D'Aprile |first=Jason |date=August 18, 2000 |url=http://gamecenter.com/Psx/Reviews/Bbreakers/ |title=Ball Breakers |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000925175448/http://gamecenter.com/Psx/Reviews/Bbreakers/ |archivedate=September 25, 2000 |accessdate=December 26, 2021}}
| Edge_PS = 6/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e1/Edge_UK_087.pdf |title=MoHo (PS) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=87 |date=August 2000 |pages=88–89 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619165030/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e1/Edge_UK_087.pdf |archivedate=June 19, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
| EPD_PS = 7/10{{cite web |last=Burns |first=Enid |date=August 10, 2000 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=2922&full=1#mr_toppy |title=Ball Breakers |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030327063947/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=2922&full=1#mr_toppy |archivedate=March 27, 2003 |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
| EuroG_PC = 6/10{{cite web |last=Ellis |first=Keith "DNM" |date=December 26, 2000 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-moho-pc |title=MoHo (PC) |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010330001427/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_moho_pc |archivedate=March 30, 2001 |url-status=live |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
| GI_PS = 3.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Ball Breakers |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=89 |date=September 2000}}
| GameRev_PS = B{{cite web |last=Archer |first=Erik |date=August 2000 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33977-ball-breakers-review |title=Ball Breakers Review |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929053834/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ball-breakers |archivedate=September 29, 2015 |url-status=live |accessdate=October 23, 2020}}
| GSpot_PS = 5.3/10{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ryan |date=July 21, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ball-breakers-review/1900-2606357/ |title=Ball Breakers Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050118060310/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/ballbreakers/review.html |archivedate=January 18, 2005 |url-status=live |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
| NGen_PS = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Charla |first=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen72Dec2000/page/n137/mode/2up |title=Ball Breakers |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=72 |date=December 2000 |page=136 |accessdate=October 23, 2020}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-playstation-magazine-issue-36-september-2000/page/100/mode/2up |title=Ball Breakers |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=3 |issue=12 |date=September 2000 |page=100 |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
| PCZone_PC = 32%{{cite magazine |last=Hill |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_098_2001-01_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n93/mode/2up |title=MoHo |magazine=PC Zone |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=98 |date=January 2001 |page=94 |accessdate=October 23, 2020}}
| TG_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Howson |first=Greg |title=Convicts roll out a new idea |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 27, 2000 |page=57}}
| rev1 = Official Dreamcast Magazine UK
| rev1_SDC = 3/10{{cite magazine |last=Key |first=Steve |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/a3/ODM_UK_15.pdf |title=MoHo |magazine=Official Dreamcast Magazine UK |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=15 |date=January 2001 |page=96 |accessdate=November 12, 2023}}
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The PlayStation version received average reviews, while the PC version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Chris Charla of NextGen called the former version "The Running Man meets Marble Madness: surprisingly fun, especially for less than the cost of two boxes of Cheerios."
Greg Howson of The Guardian commended the gameplay of the PlayStation version, which he described as "mixing Marble Madness, skateboarding and future sport" and "remarkable graphical effects on a machine already drawing its pension." Steve Key of Official Dreamcast Magazine UK described the Dreamcast version's character movement as like "slow, awkward muppets rolling about like a drunken version of It's a Knockout...but with absolutely no fun at all" and stated that it was "probably the most boring game on Dreamcast."
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References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/32912/ball-breakers/}}
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Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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