OpenBallance

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Game data ​

OpenBallance reads the game from your own copy of Ballance. Any of these works:

SourceWhat it is
A disc imageBallance.iso, or the .bin of a .bin/.cue pair
The CDthe mounted disc, or a folder you copied it to: it has Setup/data1.hdr
An installed gamethe folder with base.cmo, 3D Entities/, BuildingBlocks/, Sounds/, Textures/ …

The CD keeps the game inside InstallShield cabinets (Setup/data1.hdr, data1.cab, data2.cab). OpenBallance reads them directly, decompressing and checking each file as the game opens it, so you don't need to install or extract anything.

The CD's German installer also covers English, French, Spanish and Italian: pick the language with the language parameter.

OpenBallance is released under the GPL-3.0. Ballance is © 2004 Cyparade / Atari. OpenBallance contains no original code or assets: it runs the game from your own copy. It runs on gasm.