/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9731080
Balloon Fight is like Tetris, it's almost perfect but it's too simple

>>9731080
I like Balloon Fight, it's a great game. Playing it makes me think of Iwata so I occasionally play it and think of him.

>>9731080
Balloon Fight is ass. The controls are floaty by design and don't allow for precise manouevering of the titular Balloon Fighter. The balloon placement is random and bad luck can really fuck you over. No one speedruns this game because skill is not that big of a factor also it's not exciting to watch. Also why are you popping balloons? Nintendo is known for contexualizing gameplay, but they didn't bother with this one. "J-just pop the balloons okay? Why? Because i said so".

hard to feel that way knowing it's just a Joust clone

>>9731080
It has a really different play mechanic. Especially for that time!

>>9731626
It is? Wasnt Joust just hitting the rider and than you lost?

>>9731471
Because that is how the sky police hunt the pirates.

>>9731080
Balloon Kid!

>>9731642

>>9731471
>The controls are floaty
Gee I wonder why

I like wrecking crew and tecmo bowl

>>9731471
Zoomer faggot

>>9731626
I had/have an uncle that was a drunk crackhead that fucked hookers and is now a dirty old man, he had an nes with the only game being joust, I don’t care too much for joust because of this, hence my love of balloon fight.

>>9731691
I need to grab a copy of wrecking crew, I like Popeye too if we’re going from that era, my dad had a Popeye arcade game in our house

>>9731638
What is that screenshot from?

>>9731080
Mappy. Great music too. But it's kinda boring after 2 levels.

>>9731080
great game
>>9731471
>The controls are floaty by design
>a game about balloons
>The controls are floaty by design
what a dumb fuck retard.

>>9731370
>s, it's almost perfect but it's too simple
yeah, it's not simple at all when the game loops back to first area and the difficulty keeps increasing. try playing it sometime.

I love Balloon Fight , but it is literally a Joust clone no matter how you slice it. Iwata basically reused the code he wrote for the NES Joust port to make this. At least Ballon Trip mode is original and very fun.

For me, it’s devil world. A fantastic Pac-Man clone that makes collecting dots actually fun and has fun bonus stages. Going for a high score is always a fun time. I wish there was an actual boss fight against the devil

The first time I ever played Balloon Fight was when it appeared on Nintendo Switch online. I love it. I play Balloon Trip mode while I listen to podcasts

>>9731080
Balloon fight is a great game, but just and especially joust 2 are arguably better games in the genre. So if you haven't played the , you're definitely in for a treat

>>9731794
Fanart. It is not a real game like pic related,

>>9731994
I cant disaggree with you. But clone is kinda not correct. It is much more a sequel since they evolved the game. And than they made Kid Balloon were they changed the concept even more.

>>9731080
Pretty good Joust clone, but that’s all it is.

Joust is the redpill.

>>9732157
There was a Joust 2?

>>9732241
Indeed!

>>9732241
>>9732157
>>9731994
See>>9731790

>>9731790
Wrecking Crew? Never played that. But the concept sounds fun.

>>9732316

>>9731986
The point i'm making is the controls are imprecise you low IQ dipshit. I aknowledeged that it was by design which means i know it's done on purpose captain autismo. Doesn't change my point one bit.

I can't believe some retard is actually getting this mad over Balloon Fight, the autism in this board is real.

>>9732259
Yes it was better than joust and balloon fight

>>9731080
ice climber. i owned this games as a kid, and thought it was very simplistic and boring. for some reason, i really love it now.

>>9731986
>the difficulty keeps increasing
That's not what I meant by simple but whatever. 'Try playing it sometime' go fucking kill yourself you obnoxious moron

>>9731080
Joust and Balloon Fight (Vs. is the best version) are great, yet so frustrating since they're both so painfully close to perfection
the ONE flaw I can think of with Joust is the nature of the screen itself, wherein you go from the edge of the right side and appear from the left and vice versa
the problem here is that you can find yourself in-between two sides, which can become confusing for orientation when you're not entirely sure which one you're in, and it's especially an issue when an enemy is right on top of you at this point
this is a much bigger problem in Balloon Fight since when an enemy falls they'll sway from side to side, making them go back and forth between both sides
as for attempting to fix this perceived flaw, I think the game being widescreen would help, since it would allow the horizontal speed to be maintained for longer
if you hit a wall on either side and bounced off that might not feel so good though, but I'm not sure how else to solve the boundary issue
also, I think the balloon run is more enjoyable than the egg swipe in Joust, and the core gameplay of Balloon is a bit more enjoyable and makes more thematic sense, since you're landing on balloons to pop them from above, but in Joust you're just playing bird-ass and not even really playing joust which is supposed to be a head-on collision at high speeds
if I knew shit about gamedev I'd make the perfect mixture of both

>>9731080
Not retro but nidhog satisfies a similar itch

>>9732676
Joust 2 is just difficulter levels. Kinda underwhelming after that hype!

>>9732736
forgot to mention, in Balloon when you have to advance vertically you can't always see what's above you, since it's not a single screen like Joust

>>9731080
i like travel mode or whatever it was called
the basic game itself usually bores me, but goddamn i could play that stupid special stage for hours

>>9731471
anyone speedtrannying a game that literally loops infinitely deserves their fate

>>9731642
>>9731650
Damn kid...

>>9732831
Yes?

>>9734353

>>9731080
you got the general idea down pat but Balloon Fight is in the end an extrapolation of Joust, it couldn't exist without Williams' titanic 70s-80s arcade run.

I think balloon fight is a better version of joust.

>>9734668
Correct!

>>9734767
Correct!

>>9732747
this cartoon ad for it was super cool. it just oozes 'heavy metal the movie' style of animation, and late 70s early 80s rocker vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Bqte-x-rU

>>9731080
The game boy game was epic and amazing, just like the DK gameboy game. I think the Seiken game was too. The GB got some titles that were so much better than NES, wild stuff, and it was my favorite system for ages and ages.

>>9735416
Thats cool. But considering that this game is not very complex and mobile phone graphics the advis very over dressed!

>>9735430
Yeah, i still can hum the first stage song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw_TS7-ff3w

why can't FinalBurn Neo play Joust 2 and Vs. Balloon Fight?

>>9735707
because FBN just support the most popular arcade boards, if you stray from the mainstream use MAME

>>9734353

>>9732831

>One of the beings not getting killed by Galeem in Smash Ultimate

She's truly the kid of all time

>>9731638
No, try playing it like Balloon Fight. If you're higher up than your opponent then they die instead.

>>9731080
Just a lackluster rip off of Joust.

>>9735975

>>9735984
I meant that you dont have two balloons.

>>9735975

>>9737018

Alice is cute. I would.

>>9737075
She's a child you fucking nonce. Seek help or commit yourself to an institution

>>9737075
Pervert! Alice is pure!