Balloon Fight
Balloon Fight is an action video game developed by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The original arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System internationally as Vs. Balloon Fight, while its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was released in Japan in 1985 and internationally in 1986.
| Balloon Fight | |
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North American NES box art | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo
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| Producer(s) | Gunpei Yokoi |
| Designer(s) | Yoshio Sakamoto |
| Programmer(s) | Satoru Iwata |
| Composer(s) | Hirokazu Tanaka |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, NES, PC-8801, X1, MZ-1500, Sharp Zaurus, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | Arcade (Vs. Balloon Fight) NES/Famicom NEC PC-8801
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Nintendo VS. System |
The gameplay is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics. The home Nintendo Entertainment System version was ported to the NEC PC-8801 in October 1985, the Sharp X1 in November 1985, the Game Boy Advance as Balloon Fight-e for the e-Reader in the United States on September 16, 2002, and as part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan on May 21, 2004. It was later rereleased through Nintendo's Virtual Console and NES Classic Edition. It was released on Nintendo Switch Online in 2018.