If you haven't played a breakout-style game before, the idea is simple: Use the mouse to move a paddle back and forth along the bottom of the screen, while bouncing a ball to break through a pattern of bricks above. DX-Ball 2 adds explosive bricks and random power-ups, including laser weapons, multiple balls, explosive Fire Balls, through-balls, large sized balls, tiny balls, big and small paddles, slow balls, two-way and eight-way split balls, ball catch, and more.