Arcade, NES, PC-8801, X1, MZ-1500,[12] Sharp Zaurus, Game Boy Advance
Release
Arcade (Vs. Balloon Fight)
NA: September 1984[2]
JP: October 3, 1984[1]
EU: 1987[3]
NES/Famicom
JP: January 22, 1985
NA: September, 1986[4]
PAL: March 12, 1987
NEC PC-8801
JP: October 1985[5]
Sharp X1
JP: November 1985[5]
MZ-1500
JP: 1985
Sharp Zaurus
JP: September 2001[6]
Game Boy Advance
JP: May 21, 2004[5]
Nintendo e-Reader
NA: September 16, 2002[5]
Genre(s)
Action
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system
Nintendo VS. System
Balloon Fight[a] is an action video game developed by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The original arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System internationally as Vs. Balloon Fight, while its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was released in Japan in 1985 and internationally in 1986.
The gameplay is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics.[13][14] The home Nintendo Entertainment System version was ported to the NEC PC-8801 in October 1985, the Sharp X1 in November 1985, the Game Boy Advance as Balloon Fight-e for the e-Reader in the United States on September 16, 2002, and as part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan on May 21, 2004. It was later rereleased through Nintendo's Virtual Console and NES Classic Edition. It was released on Nintendo Switch Online in 2018.
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