Overview
What is Brick n Ball?
Brick n Ball : Play a round or two of classic brick and paddle directly on the desktop through a small Yahoo! Widget, with 15 levels to beat, and high score to track
In depth
A closer look at Brick n Ball
The addition of the gadget engine in Windows Vista quickly gave birth to alternatives from other popular services like Yahoo! And Google. Each comes with its own supported type of gadget to either entertain, or provide work support. For pure fun, Brick n Ball comes as a Yahoo! Widget to help pass the time.Needless to say that Yahoo! Widget Engine needs to be installed on the target PC since it’s dedicated to this type of engine. As such, it benefits from all default gadget features, such as desktop layer priority which can be set to top, forced to ignore mouse interaction, prevent dragging, or opacity level configured through a slider.It also comes with its own set of options. These are used to enable sound, input a custom nickname, or select starting level so no time is wasted by revisiting initial, easy levels. All interaction is done inside the gadget’s small window.The playground is shown in a decently sized window, not too big, nor too small to make interaction difficult. A side panel automatically updates according to performance, showing score, remaining bricks, high score, as well as balls left. The paddle is moved with the mouse so the ball is sent towards bricks, which include power-ups to make the paddle grow, extra lives, and more. Ball speed increases in time, and the next level shows up when all bricks are destroyed.
Verdict
Should you download Brick n Ball?
Brick n Ball runs on
Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 192 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
Brick n Ball specifications
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 192 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 593
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