Tag: Balloon Fight

Remember Balloon Fight?, Allan Turvey Teases a New Speccy Version!

January 27, 2018 0 Comments on Remember Balloon Fight?, Allan Turvey Teases a New Speccy Version!
Posted in Homebrew Games News, Retro Gaming, Sinclair News, ZX Spectrum

Balloon Fight is an action video game developed by Nintendo. The original 1984 arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System as Vs. Balloon Fight, and its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was internationally released in 1986. The game play is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics. My fondest memories of Balloon fight was on the original…

Homage: NES 'Balloon Fight' featuring Satoru Iwata as main character

July 14, 2015 0 Comments on Homage: NES 'Balloon Fight' featuring Satoru Iwata as main character
Posted in Games Consoles, Homebrew Games News, NES, News, Nintendo News, Programming, Retro Computing History

John Riggs just made what is probably one of the most touching tributes in memory of Satoru Iwata. He hacked Balloon Fight, replacing the protagonist with another image resembling Iwata. He also made the balloons shaped like Kirby. Riggs mentions on his video (below) that Iwata sprite was actually taken from Earthbound, another game that he was involved with. [youtube…