You get three lives for the whole run and play five levels. Missing the ball costs a life. Clear all five walls to win; losing all three ends the run.
A run has five levels and three lives, and the lives are shared across all of them.
Lives
- Missing the ball costs one life. While lives remain, the ball resets and you launch again.
- Lives do not refill between levels. What is left at the end of a wall carries into the next.
- Losing the third life ends the run.
Levels
The five walls are First wall, Open lanes, Crossfire, The fortress and Final wall, with different brick layouts. After clearing one, choose Next level when you are ready. Clearing the Final wall wins the run.
Each wall is harder than the last: see how speed and paddle width change. Your score also carries on (scoring). The strategy guide has advice for staying alive.