Balloon Fight (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@NintendoComplete]

Like so many other games Nintendo is famous for, Balloon Fight is amazing in both how simple and how addictive it is.

[@ruko9876]

Yeah, this game was really fun. I remember playing it with my close buddy back in the day and we would play this game differently in different so called 'modes', where in one 'mode' we would try to kill each other and the last one standing wins and another 'mode' where we would help each other and work together in co-op to try to defeat all the enemies and get as far as possible.

[@ridhoulhaqikhsan6250]

@@Dorian_Scott game ku nih pas msh kecil ku dan game kenanganku

[@chasel.9704]

I liked it better when it was called “Joust”

[@shadowslippers2323]

The Original Flappy Bird

[@MoskitoGirl]

Fake

[@purpbatkk]

@@MoskitoGirl this is a joke

[@thecunninlynguist]

It's crazy to see how short some of these games are...cause as a kid I'd play them for hours on end...or they'd be so damn hard that I could never get as far as I wanted.

[@NintendoComplete]

That's what I love about Nintendo's early NES games. They didn't need bloated out to stretch to some arbitrary amount of playtime. There's a lot of depth packed into those mechanics!

[@titosumi7829]

Oh my the memories ! I played this so much with my family !

[@yusakug]

Probably my favorite of Nintendo's early "black box" titles, and the one that has held up the best for me.

[@ruko9876]

Same, this game is so simple yet so addicting at the same time.

[@gtaquizmaster]

what's blackbox game mean

[@Wisdom655]

Whole game design i luv it . night time with sparkling stars , cloudy, lightning, thunder , in bottom seas with big fish and background sounds is great its relaxing .❤️

[@Hernans-World-On-YouTube]

This game was released in North America in September 1984, in Japan on October 3, 1984, and in Europe in 1987 for Arcades. It was also released for the Famicom/NES in Japan on January 22, 1985, in North America on June 18, 1986, and in Europe on March 12, 1987. It was also for Computers in Japan.

[@Danmagermoret]

Aw yes, there was the "Balloon Trip" mode. The exciting and breathtaking mode where you had one single life to reach as far as possible, and you could take a breath by popping those bubbles haha

[@pepijn23]

Don’t mean to burst your bubble haha

[@carlosbarragan2396]

I played this videogame, greetings from Guaranda, Ecuador. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@pix1es]

how nostalgic, I used to play this game with my dad :')

[@Renewenergy]

What a good memories!!.... I definitely enjoyed Balloon Fight when I was a child, OMG listen again the soundtrack and bonus theme makes me cry 😂

[@ANDRADEJOTAPE]

I laugh with the shark theme 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Renewenergy]

@@ANDRADEJOTAPE yeah 😎 lol

[@AlidarJarok1]

Such a classic game.

[@ThuyNguyen-ot1lc]

I love this game, I have played with my brother many times since I was a kid

[@chulbau1]

NORAD likes this video.

[@uvenyaw]

Oh my god the song when they finish the game, like just yesterday. Thank you for uploading this.

[@majztic]

What a fun Nintendo game, I love this game

[@theuncanspan]

Yes!!! I used to play this in preschool years and yes it was so addictive.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I play that game all the time when I was a kid and I still like it. 😀👍🎮

[@jamesmedalla7043]

When I discovered this I was like "Ooh so that's what inspired a move for Villager's moveset......"

[@jeromedado7416]

I'm only phase 11 I'm still playing this game one of my favorite 👌

[@RW24897]

balloon trip mode is so addictive I play it on NES mini

[@KeeBui]

I can't tell how much time i spent playing this. I love this game so much!

[@riverradaok2347]

good moves ballon fighter

[@abmhdidev]

فوق العاده دوسش داشتم هر روز بازی میکردیم

[@livingace]

great game and soundtrack, my copy still works thankfully

[@lazy_gamer_dad]

This game chills me the hell out.

[@ijansk]

Yesterday, one of my friends was playing it. I never really played it much but it looks fun.

[@myoldblackdog]

This is strangely helpful for my tinnitus

[@EQOAnostalgia]

This man is savage at some Balloon Fight!

[@1w7-o5v]

Balloon Fight is one of the games included in the NES Classic Edition

[@dtzero0]

A 3d multiplayer version of this on the switch would be insanely fun.

[@masterwandadynamicus2972]

I really wish they brought this game back

[@bigduke5902]

Balloon Fight is a game I appreciated more later on when I rediscovered it in high school (thanks to a new friend's seemingly bottomless collection of carts), but that it inspired it's interpretation in the CRIMINALLY underrated Nintendo Land is probably the best thing about it. Seriously, Nintendo Land might just be my choice for the greatest console pack in of all time.

[@jimmy7434]

I played this in front of my dad in the late 80’s in Hong Kong. I miss him so much.

[@Danmagermoret]

I always felt like there was some evilness into popping the bubbles containing the last breath from your opponents, almost like you are negating them the chance to reach paradise after death. Feeding them to the fishes feels bad as well.

[@jaynolan7526]

Loved this game, same with Kung fu, clu clu land, and wreaking crew

[@Dorian_Scott]

It's just as fun as I remember it being.

[@dandee008]

I agree as much

[@luciebureau6815]

In Tetris DS, there’s a game mode(i don’t remember the name) where you have to open the balloon cage by touching the Tetriminos with you stylus to make them disappear. And there was that music. This is where i discovered Balloon Fight. At first, i didn’t know where i came from, but then i saw a video of Balloon Fight and i said to myself « i know that music, it came from Tetris DS ! » There was other BF sounds i recognized : when you kill your enemy,when you clear the stage and when you finish the special stage(i don’t know if i’m right about that designation). How a game can bring back good memories although we never played it ?

[@thecunninlynguist]

That was a great mode in Tetris DS

[@luciebureau6815]

The CunninLynguist i liked it too.

[@malloryforreal3575]

обожала эту игру в детстве эх, такая ностальгия

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Animal crossing + Joust = Balloon Fight

[@Golbez1991]

Fight of the Balloons

[@vgaoct91]

You play pretty good! First learned of this game in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

[@ALTAIR2]

I believe this was in animal crossing

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks! Yeah, I think the SB series has introduced a lot of people to Nintendo's older games :) I love it that they still embrace their beginnings.

[@vgaoct91]

@@NintendoComplete and at that, introduced more people to other Nintendo franchises like Earthbound and especially the Fire Emblem series.

[@louiseugeniojr.3530]

The first time I played Balloon Fight was on the e-Reader on Game Boy Advance while I was in middle school. I'll admit, it is a really fun NES game.

[@Clery75019]

For the records, that game was produced by Gunpei Yokoi (the father of the Game Boy) and programmed by Satoru Iwata (former CEO of Nintendo). The code for the game physics of Balloon Fight was copy-pasted to the water levels of Super Mario Bros, released soon after. The character controls exactly the same as Mario under water. Sadly, both Yokoi and Iwata passed away, but they are not forgotten!

[@echo863]

This game fun with second player

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

The music when you win sounds like the Ghostbusters theme doesn't it?

[@bart7701]

Cocukken en sevdigim oyundu...

[@lolomo5787]

It always brings joy when someone gets eaten

[@TemporaryTemporary-y2j]

I remember watching my elder brother playing this game when I was a kid and I used to alternately visualise the enemies as men/boys wearing caps and then envision then as some evil goblins with dark brown faces and long noses.

[@johnmcconnell8151]

I saw the “goblins” but more fox people.

[@anjelocarey]

The music ❤️

[@hanleybanares9191]

and this is how the up special of the villager was created

[@sheik_link]

This game had more physics than cyberpunk

[@Jeaniewtlbh]

I used to dance on the game over sound

[@mariusamber3237]

Balloon Fight ain't bad at all, but I think I like that Hello Kitty World game with balloons more (and GB Balloon Kid as well). Guess balloons are what you need to make your game fun and engaging!

[@ivanasukjadic1423]

i love how the 2 player mode had friendly fire

[@junalee2034]

Phase 25 is far I can go. Just then, my uncle beat my high score phase 30

[@oosha2000]

Lovely game, it reminds me of pvp I used to have as a young kid.

[@sebastiansrg505]

Éste juego lo jugaba en mí famili game 👍

[@jeremyzak654]

I remember playing this as a kid. Spent hours playing it but never got to the end. Did this game have an ending?

[@douro20]

I wonder if this game used the PCM channel for the balloon pop sound? I know a lot of games use it for percussion sounds.

[@susanfit47]

Similar to other early Nintendo titles, the exact date of the console release is difficult to pinpoint. It was first scheduled for June of 1986, was later changed to August of 1986, but very likely came out in September.

[@ivanorozco9673]

dat hirokazu tanaka's soundtrack though and yep that hirokazu tanaka the man who nowadays go by the alias chip tanaka who went on to wrote the soundtracks of the first metroid game for the nes,wreaking crew,duck hunt,kid icarus nes,mother 1/earthbound beginnings/earthbound zero to the pirate gamers ^_~,mother 2/earthbound,both nes and gameboy versions of tetris,both nes and gameboy versions of dr mario, the sequel to balloon fight for the gameboy called balloon kid and super mario land 1

[@Tyree42069]

You should definitely play ristar for the Sega Genesis. It's such an underated game and definitely a hidden gem

[@NintendoComplete]

That one is definitely on the to-do list.

[@Dorian_Scott]

@@NintendoComplete How about the overlooked Game Gear version of Ristar? I think you should play through that after the Genesis version. Whaddya say, Alex?

[@ville9219]

I had this on one cassette where was ablut 100 games. Beside contra and dream mario this was one of my favourite

[@chibidee6199]

I have that game

[@BenJabituya]

I guess the game was inspired by Joust!

[@ElissonMM]

Muita nostalgia

[@Bousend]

What? oO It was ENDLESS?!

[@NoraTSS2077]

This game is so miserably haaaard...or maybe i just suck at it.

[@dnbpimaz2dnbpimaz227]

SUPER classic

[@bryansantos8047]

The US and china rn

[@luisgfreitesrivas]

Exelente juego disfrute mucho jugarlo

[@m.k.b.3880]

I'm trying to be as patient as possible, but can play through Sonic 3 and knuckles, for Sonic's birthday on the 23rd

[@алексейкудряшов-и2я]

WHEN I CANCELED THE PRE-ORDER FOR Battlefield 2042...

[@greenxclips1733]

This game would be cool if it got a remake tbh imagine new super Mario bros u graphics for this game

[@Mai_Shiranui123]

Theme Smash melee

[@Crissaegrim-xv9cu]

Man, you know a guy is an absolute genious when he makes an arcade port on a system like the nes run at a much better frame rate than the actual arcade version itself. RIP Iwata-san, you were just way too good for this awful world.

[@Clery75019]

Iwata-san used a trick to make the character moving more fluidly : he determined the character position as fractions of pixels even if that couldn't be displayed on screen. When programming Super Mario Bros, Nakago-san asked how he did it and Iwata will give him his secret. Without it, Mario moves would probably never have been as precise. It massively contributed to make the game the success it became.

[@wenaigamer1167]

Nossa cara que nostalgia

[@raziqzain8313]

2:47 Balloon Fight

[@r2rovids569]

di game in box is now 700 dollars unveialble what a great game

[@xbck441okc5]

I want a new nintendo baloon fight game in a 3d world!! who else is like me?

[@donaldson9410]

Never played this when I was young....

[@JeNaisPadFe]

Bro I went bathroom

[@MoskitoGirl]

Charizard

[@rhodienite4897]

This eventually inspired Battle Mode of Mario Kart

[@onesyphorus]

i remember this.. semi-freaked

[@fernandoives2546]

16:12 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@EduardoRodrigues-qp7gc]

Can you do this Video with All Mario Buitron Preview Effects?

[@luisdisplay2402]

Lo descargare y lo jugaré en un emulador

[@fluffymacaw933]

Me playing this on an NES classic at 2:00am

[@jontalbain4489]

Balloon trip

[@thorstwistedbeard6314]

Wait a second... I can't find a single instance on KZbin of anyone playing this game to completion. Only about as far as I got back in the day. Has anyone ever beaten this game?

[@gianpaguiligan1358]

Will there be any chance you get to play some of the Thunder Force games?

[@NintendoComplete]

Yeah, I intend to at some point. The only one I've done so far was the SNES one, Thunder Spirits.

[@notsatan5457]

I wonder if this game has an indirect relation to animal crossing

[@rallycka2845]

This guy is pro

[@kcegan]

this game reminds me too much of Joust

[@do-something-v9x]

I like to throw the ducks at the fish, lol

[@aaronboothproduction]

I had the Gameboy version of this although I think it was called something different?

[@NintendoComplete]

Balloon Kid? That was the Gameboy sequel.

[@aaronboothproduction]

@@NintendoComplete ah yes that was it. Haven't thought about it in years but I loved that game.

[@NintendoComplete]

@@aaronboothproduction Iirc that one also got a Famicom release, but it was reskinned as a Hello Kitty game

[@snowsnappea8595]

same

[@eesapatel3946]

If you get popped, you lose a life.

[@oosha2000]

Or if you drown in the sea

[@leonardoschiavelli6478]

​@@oosha2000Or if you get hit by a spark. ☠️

[@meteorox010]

i have a question , i really love this game since i was a kid, now days thanks to the emulators i can play this games again, normal way and with a hack, well as i never reach the end of ths game and allways was killed before reach lvl 12, i use the infinite lifes, and when i reach lvl 50, i thought that how many lvls this game have, and if i could reach 1000000 pts, well the poits after i reach 9999550, i cant reach more than that, even when i reach that amount 4 or 5 times more, maybe in those days u can gran the million, and about the lvls when i reach lvl 100 i thought i was close to the end, but no, i continue play as i sayd i was looking for the end of the game so i continue; then the game start by letter and numbers, like A0-A9, and i continue the game, the maxmum lvl i count is lvl P9, after that i think is because the Q its similar to an O there was or lvl Q or lvl 0 or O, i continue, then i see lvl 01, so i end it, cause i saw it was like mario bros, a never ending game, my question is, any of you guys see the end of this game or indeed its a never ending game?