You are guided by magical creatures in each stage, each with their own corresponding special power you can harness from hitting green colored pegs from the game board. You lose when you run out of balls to shoot while there are orange pegs still existing. Your main goal in Peggle is to eliminate all the existing orange pegs in the board until all of them are cleared. Obstacles - like blue pegs and shot-blocks - also litter the game board which can serve as a challenge for the game, or something you can leverage to gain additional skill points. There is a basket-like item that slides along the bottom of the game board which can catch the ball you‘ve shot and bring it back to your ammo.
Your game board is littered with multi-colored pegs that you can shoot off with your cannon, armed with a number of balls you are provided with.
