X the Hyper Ball is a Breakout variant. The goal is to destroy bricks by making a ball bounce off a paddle, which can be moved horizontally. There are fourteen kinds of simple bonuses that can be collected by breaking certain bricks, plus thirteen special ones; however, there are also "maluses", which bestow negative effects, such as shortening the pad, reversing the direction of the ball, etc. Various monsters appear, trying to further impede the player's progress. (mobygames.com)