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Balloon Fight
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1984 Nintendo - Nintendo - NES
Storyline
There is no storyline what so ever in this game. For some reason two guys in red and blue clothing got balloons attached to their backs and their mission is to pop the balloons of vicious birds (also armed with balloons). I guess the game has a meaning or a message hidden in it (actually, I don't). It could be to show the player what would become of the world if bird-people got their hands on the earth's balloon suplies.
Gameplay
The controls in this game are very easy. By holding the B-button your character flies. If you prefer you can tap the A-button repeatadly instead of holding the B-button, it has the same effect (not sure why that mechanic is there, though). With the direction pad you steer your character through the air. Your mission is to pop the enemies' balloons. I don't know what the enemy is. It looks like a cross between human beings and birds, and the Instruction Booklet describes them in this following way: "Enemy". Obviously to a lot of help.
To survive this game you have to stay away from the pointy things in the enemies' faces (possibly beaks), lightning, and the evil fish. Lightning only strikes when you've been at the same level for too long, and the fish is only able to catch you if you're flying to close to the water.
A fun thing are the bonus levels you get to visit after every third level. You get a new set of balloons every time you come there, and you can collect points buy popping balloons. That's not why they're fun, though. No, you can also fuck around and pop your friend's balloons without any negative side effect. If you do that during the real stages, you're likely to get killed (if you have highly aggressive killers as friends).
Graphics
Well. . .typical NES graphics from the early years of the '80s. They are clear and pretty nice, no annoying background objects, that the "newer" NES games always had, so you will always have a good view of you balloonist (which is important in a balloonist game, I might add). The most impressive thing is the lightning. They flash in both blue, yellow, and white.
Sound
The music in this game is pretty catchy. Perfect balloon music, one might say. I really like the music in the Trip (I will explain more about the trip later). The sound effects are also good, I suppose. The getting-eaten-by-a-giant-fish sound is sweet.
Replayability
This game is fun both when you play alone or with a friend. And if you're really good you can go on for eternities (at least untill you or your NES dies), 'cause when you've finished the last stage you get to continue at the forth stage and then it just loops that way. Since this game is really simple and doesn't take too long time to play it's a good game if you want to play it often, but in short sessions. If you've grown tired of the ordinary one player game you can always go on the Trip. In the Trip the screen automatically scrolls and all you have to do is pop balloons and watch out for lightnings and the fish.
If you're two players this game can last for a very long time. It's fun to have fights with each other in the bonus level where you can't actually die (see aggressive serial killer friend above).
Originality
This game is pretty original, just as so many NES games were back in '84. No really groundbreaking ideas, but still a fun arcade-game.
Overall
Fun for both one and two players. Most fun if you're two of course. The graphics are clear, but nothing special, and the music is good. I recommend this game if you like to play in short periods very often.
Ratings
Storyline: 2/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 6/10
Sound: 7/10
Replayability: 9/10
Originality: 9/10
Overall: 7/10
Screenshots
//Benny
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Staff Comments of Awesomeness
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August 4, 2011 - 07:25 BST - Nate
It's time to end this somewhat hiatus and start writing video game reviews for no one again. Funny that after all of these months of college and unemployment I start wasting time with video games and shitty reviews once I finally get a job.
Also, maybe I'll start reviewing games that have been released within the past six months for once thanks to my new disposable (heavy emphasis on this word) income. Maybe.
June 12, 2010 - 15:30 GMT - Benny
I got an urge to collect crap for my chao in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. I had quite a lot of fun until I realised that I already had a chao with 99 in all stats. That took a bit of the fun away but I have another 16 chao I can level up. But now I'm in a mood to play Zelda instead.May 31, 2010 - 15:53 GMT - Benny
I'm quite glad I went through with this The Green Shell idea. Combined with Hair, I've managed to build up a little backlog of updates that could last me at least a week. Although I have a feeling I'll put out a few of them at a time, which means I'll run out sooner. But yeah, while it's not necessarily easy to come up with shitty ideas for it, I have been looking around at a lot of random video game stuff over the last 12 hours and it's quite fun. I also need to play some more Star Ocean; I've got reptile aliens to kill and annoying girls to ignore! My hatred for Welch has gone down a lot since I got Lymle into my party. That annoying fuck pisses me off, 'kay.
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