Balloon Bomber

Balloon Bomber is a 1980 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1980.

Gameplay

Balloon Bomber is a fixed shooter game which the player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen which shoots at balloon-carrying bombs overhead. If a falling bomb hits the bottom of the screen, it makes a crater which cannot be moved past limiting mobility. To pass a level, the player had to defeat all of the craters and balloons being released by an airplanes.

Legacy

The game was re-released in multiple compilations, including Taito Legends 2 for PlayStation 2, Taito Memories Pocket (Japan/Asia), and Taito Legends Power Up (Europe) for the PlayStation Portable. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as well as their Arcade Archives 2 series for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in September 2026.

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References

External links

• Balloon Bomber at the Killer List of Videogames
• Balloon Bomber at Arcade History