Balloon Fight (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Nintendo&1986 action-arcade game for the NES, Balloon Fight. Balloon Fight&arcade mode has twelve unique stages that loop endlessly, so the game doesn&have a true "ending." I played until I got a game over during Phase 20. At 12:12 I begin the Balloon Trip mode and play until I hit the top rank. The original Balloon Fight game was released in arcades as a Nintendo Versus System game, Vs. Balloon Fight, in 1984, and was it was brought to the NES in America as a "black box game" in mid-1986, shortly after the nationwide launch of the console. Like so many of Nintendo&first-generation NES games, Balloon Fight is easy to pick up and play, but it has enough depth to keep things interesting far longer than you might expect given the seeming lack of content. You play as a guy that can fly thanks to the balloons that he has attached to his helmut. You get lift-off by flapping your arms (B button for continuation flapping, A button for one flap), and if an enemy comes into contact with one of your balloons, it&pop, which makes flying a far more difficult, cumbersome affair. If you get hit again and lose your second balloon, you&plummet to your death. It feels a like Joust in many ways. The goal is to knock out all of the enemies, all of whom are also flying about with balloons. Once you&popped an enemy&balloons, you have to hit him while he is stranded on the ground to kill him, unless he fell into the lake and got eaten. That&always pretty satisfying to...