[TAS] Flash Bloons by sobble_p in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/4918M
TAS originally published on 2022-11-16
Bloons is a popular Flash game where you pop balloons with darts. Each level has a certain number of balloons that you are required to pop, and some levels have special balloons that either give you powerups or affect other balloons around them when popped. Thanks to its popularity, Bloons has received various spinoffs, including a tower defense game named Bloons Tower Defense.
In this run, sobble_p ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/s... ) completes all 50 levels as fast as possible.

[@Patashu]

Before BTD, there was just B. This game was impossible as a kid

[@animowany111]

Yeah, I've never seen most of these levels haha

[@mistymysticsailboat]

🅱️

[@XxguaxinimxX.]

ikr? 😅

[@DarkLeviathan8]

It still very much is. The ninja kiwi archive, which include this game, is free on Steam and I swear to god this game is still impossibly hard lmao.

[@sporepics]

Exactly, this was my jam in 4rd grade. Then Chilly Chips goes and ruins everything I ever loved.

[@theengineer-dellconagher]

it's hard to imagine a world where the bloons series of games weren't the tower defense formula like they are today

[@Badsy_the_Edgecat]

i wish they werent. the flash bloons games were better. i miss bloons world

[@oggilein1]

There was bloons super monkey 2 which released recently ish (like 2018 if i remember corrrctly) and is more a of a shoot'em up kind of game

[@FrahdChikun]

They also had a Bejeweled-like game, think it was called Bloons: Pop 3

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

@@Badsy_the_Edgecat Bloons TD was flash for most of it's lifetime.

[@Badsy_the_Edgecat]

@@InvidiousIgnoramus ok, didnt know that, but for people recommending me bloons games: i want this kind of gameplay from this video, not bloons theming in other genres

[@johnclark926]

Funny how many elements from the original Bloons managed to translate so well to Bloons Tower Defense and it’s successors. Except for the Pac-Man power up, I don’t really think that has a proper equivalent in any BTD game.

[@mistymysticsailboat]

do the bees count?

[@Patashu]

The heli is KIND of like a pac-man I guess?

[@aidanzahner]

I'd say the successor of the bee balloon is the Beekeeper agent in BTD5, maybe the upcoming beast tamer tower in BTD6 will have a callback to it too

[@posthistoricdino422]

maybe the necromancer path for wizards in btd6? kind of a stretch, but it's the best i can think of

[@MOTAHS1]

sauda ability :think:

[@JarvisTastic]

There goes two years of high school study hall in like 4 minutes

[@FrahdChikun]

This is the Bloons I grew up with. Amazing how far this series has come!

[@darkvoidx3]

fr, first bloons game I played as a kid.

[@Nobody-xe9fc]

The game that was everyone's favorite in high school. Except mine, mine was Trials

[@ryandddher]

Mine was "Give Up, Robot" I still have yet to play it again tho

[@好了啦超大杯紅茶冰]

mine -> Sonic In Angel Island and not like Western,almost everyone hate sonic in Taiwan for some stupid reason

[@Puffman728]

@@ryandddher You just reminded me of how much I suffered on that final level. I didn't even bother with hardmode after that. Oh, and also the sequel is amazing

[@sam4gaming135]

Mine was IQ ball / Catch the candy

[@YSBunny573]

Love how the TAS almost always pops the exact amount of balloons needed and then shoots the rest of the darts offscreen

[@TheLameNameJero]

yeah lol

[@Cory_]

It's almost like it's a speedrun or something.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

@@Cory_ woosh?

[@Bread-Die]

Just asking Cant it shave time by throwing the darts beforehand

[@danielyuan9862]

@@dontspikemydrink9382 what joke is he missing?

[@PixyEm]

I just realized the "boing" sound effect is the same sound as the bounce in Gex 3

[@Patashu]

Great now I can't unhear it. Tail time!

[@DinnerForkTongue]

The same boing of the banana bomb of Worms.

[@thinkingspace3438]

and since bloons it's one of the most iconic meme video game sounds, just like pvz dolphin

[@Reymdusk]

Damn, the original Bloons. That was my childhood

[@ruegenthedragon]

4:35 RIP headphone users

[@EmilyKimMartin]

I can't express how blessed the recent Flash games speedruns have been!

[@MyFavouriteMemory]

I never forget this game, but whenever I try to find this game, I found balloon tower defense instead. Definitely unforgettable because it is one of the first games I played on computer!

[@dmassimarie7976]

via flashpoint u can play it back i guess

[@NightRaven5568]

Or the ninja kiwi flash collection in steam

[@BananaBird]

Never thought I'd watch a video of optimized Bloons gameplay, and yet, here we are.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

I'm definitely on board for More Bloons TAS content!

[@tiyenin]

Holy crap, more of this please

[@UnstoppablePhoenix]

Fantastic run, also 0:00 that's Amane Kanata from Hololive

[@thescrimble]

Fascinating that the sound effects remained the same from the puzzle game all the way to tower defense 4

[@sfisher923]

It felt satisfying see some of the levels that gave me trouble even with unlimited darts (14,26,42) get demolished

[@Miitsu222]

Crazy how far this game has come

[@Edlandish]

Absolutely legendary game

[@PierLuc111]

That was the most 2000s video I've seen today and it felt good.

[@rosefeather_]

Thank you TASVideosChannel for popping the bloons.

[@vigorouspringle8962]

There is something so charming and loveable about these old flash games They all had such simple Mechanics but it was the creatively of how those simple mechanics were used that brought us back to play it even more as kids

[@TikiHolostarsRanking]

The image of Kanata at the start made me recoil. Fitting for a game about monkeys though. Great TAS!

[@gassug2]

if you remember bloonsworld you deserve a veteran's discount

[@alexnobody1]

The SASS of that double-throw after every level~. "You always give me two more darts than I need! Guess I'll just throw them away, again."

[@adrianhdz138]

This was the best game in my childhood

[@RealFredbear]

I loved how PAC-MAN made an appearance in this masterpiece.

[@LavaCreeper_YT]

I remember playing in this as a kid, and the tower defence version with this graphic too

[@McNibbler]

Loved the OG bloons games as a kid. Ironically, it seems like BTD took off like crazy and is where most people recognize the series, but I only ever remember the first one

[@burritoman2k]

Rather fitting this just came out when BTD5 just turned 10. I remember playing BTD3 back in like 3rd grade. Good times. Couldnt beat this game for the life of me though

[@alecrutz6979]

the fact that someone TASed this

[@snvvbl]

classic game i love the flash tases

[@RareSun]

This video is making me want to play the game

[@aliendude99]

Kids got no idea how much these games paved the road for ninjakiwi

[@258thHiGuy]

I miss the my ninja kiwi site because it let you make your own bloons levels and share them

[@sobble_p]

i used to go to the site for boombot custom levels. i remember making like 100 accounts because i always forgot my login. hopefully one day soon ill TAS boombot once support is better. its on my wishlist of games i wanna TAS

[@captain_crazeh]

This was the first video game that I ever played

[@flizix3440]

0:44 Man really 360 no scooped

[@ReinKayomi]

Oh shit, surprised to see Kanata on the intro

[@MichelAngel]

That's it? I want more!

[@migsy1]

Oh wow, I wanna make one of these

[@Mordecrox]

>monke game >Kanata Intro cards always on point I see

[@josephjennings3146]

3:00 suddenly, i have the pac man fever and can hear the Ridge Racer Type R remix in my head. Brb, taiko no Tatsujin is calling me

[@shadowmaker8402]

Ik it wont be as cool but a bdt1 tas would be interesting to watch

[@nicefighter]

this is probably one of the easier flash games to TAS considering it's completely deterministic

[@Pokemonmasterandtrade]

Awesome

[@Klook6950]

For whatever reason KZbin claimed this game as "I Wanna Be the Guy"

[@bigsof7381]

Now it thinks it's bloons td 4

[@Serious5GamingS5G]

0:34 Nahh the creators knew what they were doing when making that level

[@gtmans6570]

Bro this looked WAY harder when i was younger wtf😂

[@flatziswashed]

i shoudl not be laughing this hard at the fucking arm movements

[@X_marksthespot]

i used to play btd5 all the time on my brother’s laptop

[@snarkfromhl]

And this is how an endless war started

[@soysoup1]

懐かしいのが来た

[@marmaje6953]

I remember it…

[@sahilhossain8204]

Hmm yes lore of flash bloons momentum 100

[@klimtkiller]

btw u should do bloons insanity

[@7ofspades7]

Idk why Kanata is here but it's based as hell.

[@dankness420]

Why are there so many flash game TASes suddenly happening? They hardly existed 6 months ago and now I’ve seen 3 in two weeks

[@LeoMK01]

BLOONS

[@lennyface5314]

Of course, KZbin, this is definitely I Wanna be the Guy

[@3DPrintingRockets]

Why is Kanata at the start of the video 😭

[@johnelway76]

We need btd5 tas

[@homefander]

this is doing some cocomelon shit to me this guy is a wizard

[@samdilophosaur9787]

YOOOOOOO

[@zenkichihitoyoshi9513]

Some of the player made levels of this were truly impossible

[@thinkingspace3438]

you mean the ones in the player packs or any level made with the editor ?

[@dinamiteurdinamiteur2324]

This game in zebest3000 on the school Computer arround 2004

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

This tas could be improved. Considering it's a tas, I have no idea why he waits for the needle to hit the bloon before tossing the extra darts.

[@escape209]

4:36

[@JovianCloudfarmer]

I spent a loooot of hours playing this back in the day Bloons >>>> Bloons TD tbh

[@ComplexOri]

2:26 level 30 though lol

[@iamgrape3069]

can you make a 100% pops tas next?

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

i dont think that's possible

[@DEDERTEEE]

level 29 can be done with 3 darts, skipping the third bomb!

[@Zippy_Zolton]

TIL this game had fucking pac man in it

[@mcporkrhymez4433]

The Amount Of Hours I Spent On This Game In Middle School Computer Class Is Sad😂😂.

[@NamedKid10]

Wasn't this game on the wii?

[@beegyoshi6525]

Imagine showing this to a 17th century kid

[@Untoldanimations]

how come the 6:08 world record has 4:10 as the sun of best segments if this is 4:30 edit: lvl 14 24 26 31 33 48 can be done with quicker strats :)

[@MylstarElectronics]

Some call it that kid playing Bloons, badly, in the past as well.

[@TheLameNameJero]

NO FUCKING WAY

[@blueresonant5788]

feels like it could have been better

[@thinkingspace3438]

nice I WANNA BE THE GUY playthrough

[@GalaxinTM]

You should do Bloons Insanity

[@XxguaxinimxX.]

Of course, youtube. The game is indeed I Wanna be the Guy.....

[@marinaida2835]

Unpopular opinion: I never played this game so I don't know what it was like

[@marinaida2835]

how is this an opinion

[@acestrike4090]

@@marinaida2835 Nah the character development in a year is crazy🤣🤣

[@klimtkiller]

level 33 is possible to do in 1 shot. check out thecheatingbastard’s walkthrough

[@stevenpavelish6017]

Pac man XD

[@Alexander-oh8ry]

You could save a lot of time by doing the short throws first

[@flamingspinach]

that Pac-Man thing is bullshit lol

[@alfasilverblade]

Angry birds is nothing more than a copy of Bloon.

[@anonymous_idontreplylmaous72]

Why is there a cringe ass vtuber at the beginning

[@jvcs5738]

that macro that doesnt know how to look real

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Good TAS, lousy sound effects.

[@nathanialthomas6889]

Sick