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Balloon Fight Balloon Fight - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Balloon Fight - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Pop enemy baloons from above. Pop parachutes or kick enemies off platforms. Avoid lightning bolts.

Balloon Fight was produced by Nintendo in 1984.

Nintendo released 107 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970.

Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Balloon Fight was produced include: Mario Bros., Mario Bros. (PlayChoice), Tennis, Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong Junior, Golf, Baseball, Excitebike, Excitebike (PlayChoice), and Duck Hunt

Balloon Fight - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet
(Contributed by: Sean Barlow)

Specs

Name Balloon Fight
Developer Nintendo
Year 1984
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7006
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo PlayChoice
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [One Flap|Non-stop Flap]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Game play is very much in the vein of Joust.

Balloon Fight KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Balloon Fight Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 19 known instances of this machine owned by Balloon Fight collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). 18 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Balloon Fight circuit board set.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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