Zenith

There are no flippers or any other traditional elements similar to pinball. Instead, the player controls the ball directly. While the bouncing cannot be controlled, the ball can be moved in any of the four cardinal directions. To progress, players need to time the bounces on hard surfaces and push in the required direction to pass over bottomless pits and acid/lava pools. Time your movement poorly, and the ball will miss connecting with a solid surface and plunge into death, losing the player a life.

The screen cannot be scrolled horizontally, only vertically. As a result, the levels are like long vertical fields, and some levels are made up of multiple fields which are not directly connected. Later levels also feature warp gates that take you to different parts of that level or to entirely different vertical fields. Power-ups and score increase items can be collected in the levels.