Status WildScallion Jul 22, 2024
Getting that final Level 30 achievement was tough - but consider this game mastered! Only took 38 years!
Balloon Fight (1985)
Port of Vs. Balloon Fight
Arcade · Family Computer · Family Computer Disk System · Legacy Mobile Device · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U
3.06 from 397 ratings
864 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 108 backlogged · 40 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Nintendo, Sharp
- Genres
- Arcade, Platform
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Balloon Fight
Release dates
- Jan 22, 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
- Jun 03, 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Jun 18, 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Dec 15, 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mar 12, 1987 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1987 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
- 2001 (Full Release) (Japan) Legacy Mobile Device
- Jun 08, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
- Jun 08, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
- Jul 16, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
- Nov 13, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Aug 22, 2012 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
- Jan 22, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- Jan 23, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
- Apr 26, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- May 01, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
- May 02, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
- TBD (Cancelled) (Japan) Family Computer Disk System
Also available on
- Vs. Balloon Fight (1984) · ARC
- Balloon Fight (1985) · PC88, X1
- Balloon Fight (1986) · G&W
- Balloon Fight (1988) · G&W
- Balloon Fight-e (2002) · Nintendo e-Reader
- Famicom Mini: Balloon Fight (2004) · GBA
- Arcade Archives: Vs. Balloon Fight (2019) · NSW
Related
Bundled in
- NES Classic Edition (Nov 2016) · Plug & Play
- Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer (Nov 2016) · Plug & Play
Remakes
- Tingle's Balloon Fight DS (Apr 2007) · DS
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
22
4 stars
88
3 stars
196
2 stars
70
1 star
19
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Reset_Tears May 6, 2022
This is kind of like Joust, but not as fun. The controls for this definitely take some getting used to, and I don't know if I'd say it ever felt that great once I did get it down. The sound effects are extremely annoying in this one.
I will give a shoutout to the "balloon trip" mode that as in …
This is kind of like Joust, but not as fun. The controls for this definitely take some getting used to, and I don't know if I'd say it ever felt that great once I did get it down. The sound effects are extremely annoying in this one.
I will give a shoutout to the "balloon trip" mode that as in autoscroller like Flappy Bird. This one is right to left though, which for whatever reason I find pretty cool.
