Ape-Balls are a fictional species in the Paper Computer Game series of games. They were created by Doomsday (The Author's pen name).

Ape-balls are an ape-like species, as their name suggests. They are short and small, but are incredibly strong and fast. They also have razor-sharp fur, which slices through nearly anything. The basic type of Ape-Ball is blinded by bright lights, but Ape-Balls have developed many separate forms which are invulnerable to light attacks.

They're incredibly vicious. In all the games they appear in, their presence signals death. They are extremly hard to overcome. They especially hate Xaq, the protagonist of the game in which they first appeared.

Ape-Balls in 'Xaq to the Future'

The Ape-Balls first appeared in Xaq to the Future, which was Doomsday's first Paper Computer Game adventure. In it, the protagonist, Xaq, finds himself teleported to a strange world infested with dinosaurs, cavemen, and Ape-Balls.

At first, Xaq was able to ward them off with a flashlight, but they soon adapted to this.

Xaq also encountered several other, more advanced forms, including:

• Intell-Ape Ball: A more intelligent form of Ape-Ball. These often wear goggles to protect their eyes from bright lights, and are able to use tools. Extremly deadly.
• Mutant frog-like Ape-Ball: These had certain frog-like attributes. They had ultra-long, bug-catching tongues, as well as enhanced jumping ability and enlarged ears. Only one is known to exist.

Ape-Balls in 'Space-Balls'

Space-Balls was a sequel to Xaq to the Future in which the Ape-Balls have developed an advanced, spacefaring society. In this game, they have imprisoned the unnamed protagonist, who must kill many of them to escape.

The Space-balls are very different in appearance than normal Ape-Balls. They stand upright and have spikes running down their back. They wear advanced armor which is nearly invincible and is so sharp thet anything that touches it is destroyed. They often use guns.

In this game, we met the leader of the Ape-Balls for the first time, and he's a gigantic, evil ape-ball who quizzes the protagonist.

In addition, several unique types of Space-Ball exist:

• Acid Space-Ball: A poor, innocent Space-Ball who was fed an acid pill by the protagonist. This caused him to be eaten from the inside out by acid. Unfortunately, he's still alive and his acid attributes actually make him more threatening.
• Toxic Space-Ball: A Space-Ball who wears a completely invincible yellow suit, which protects him from Acid other toxic chemicals. It covers him from head to toe, making him very problematic indeed. He often escorts the Acid Space-Ball around.

Appearances in other Paper Computer Games

In Kurt Elfman's game, 'Malphoid the Mailbox-Bot', the player finds an Ape-Ball in a cage in the Fungus zone. He must complete the puzzle there before it breaks out.

In 'Balzak Globotron', the protagonist, Balzak, finds an ape-ball being mind-controlled by a telepath on the planet Shri.

In 'Welcome to Death Ward Hospital', the protagonist encounters a new type of Ape-ball created in a lab accident:

• Spike-Ball: An incredibly powerful, mutated ape-ball, covered from head to toe with sharp spikes. It moves at incredible speeds, shredding its prey into tiny little bits.