Nintendo

Balloon Fight

Game

Game details

First release year
1984

Platforms

Genres

Play modes

  • single-player video game
  • Single-player*
  • multiplayer*

Players by platform

  • Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Maximum players (mode unspecified)
    2*
  • Arcade*
    Maximum players (mode unspecified)
    2*

Series

  • Balloon Fight*

Localized titles

  • Balloon Fight

Studios & publishers

Developers

  • HAL Laboratory
  • Nintendo Research & Development 1
  • Nintendo*
  • Nintendo R&D1*

Publishers

  • Nintendo
  • Hudson Soft (PC-88, Sharp X1, MZ-1500) · Japan*

Release history

  • 1984
    Date precision
    Year only
  • 1985-01-22
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Japan
  • 1986-06
    Date precision
    Month
    Market
    North America
  • 1986-12-15
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Sweden
  • 1987-03-12
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Market
    Europe
  • 2007-06-08
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Platform
    Wii
    Market
    Australia
  • 2007-06-08
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Platform
    Wii
    Market
    Europe
  • 2007-07-16
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Platform
    Wii
    Market
    North America
  • 2007-11-13
    Date precision
    Exact date
    Platform
    Wii
    Market
    Japan
  • 1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Japan*
    Release date
    1986-06*
    Date precision
    Month*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Market
    Japan*
  • 1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe*
    Release date
    1986-06*
    Date precision
    Month*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Market
    Europe*
  • 1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA*
    Release date
    1986-06*
    Date precision
    Month*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Market
    USA*
  • 1984 · Arcade*
    Release date
    1984*
    Date precision
    Year only*
    Platform
    Arcade*
  • 1985-01-22 · Nintendo Entertainment System*
    Release date
    1985-01-22*
    Date precision
    Exact date*
    Platform
    Nintendo Entertainment System*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 15 fields
Release region · Nintendo Entertainment System
Europe*
Release region · Nintendo Entertainment System
Japan*
Release region · Nintendo Entertainment System
USA*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
1986-06*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
1986-06*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Japan
1986-06*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · Japan
Nintendo*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
Nintendo*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Nintendo*
Genres and style · Nintendo Entertainment System
Action,General*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Japan
1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Japan
Release date
1986-06*
Date precision
month*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Market
Japan*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Release date
1986-06*
Date precision
month*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Market
Europe*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
1986-06 · Nintendo Entertainment System · USA
Release date
1986-06*
Date precision
month*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Market
USA*
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System · Europe
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Specifications 2 · 12 fields
Developers · Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo R&D1*
Developers · Arcade
Nintendo R&D1
Nintendo R&D1*
Genres · Nintendo Entertainment System
action game
action game*
platform game
platform game*
Genres · Arcade
platform game
platform game*
Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
2*
Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Arcade
Arcade
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
2*
Platform
Arcade
Arcade*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Publishers · Arcade
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Publishers · Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo
Nintendo*
Release date · Nintendo Entertainment System
1985-01-22 · Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date
1985-01-22*
Date precision
day*
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System*
Release year · Arcade
1984 · Arcade
Release date
1984*
Date precision
year*
Platform
Arcade*
Specifications 3 · 13 fields
Composers
  • Hirokazu Tanaka*
Series
  • Balloon Fight*
Platforms
  • Scope
    • Arcade*
    Value
    NES, PC-8801, X1, MZ-1500, PC-8001mkIISR, MZ-2500, Sharp Zaurus, Nintendo e-Reader, Game Boy Advance*
Release history
  • Region
    North America*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • Arcade (VS. Balloon Fight)*
    Value
    September 1984*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • Arcade (VS. Balloon Fight)*
    Value
    October 3, 1984*
  • Region
    Europe*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • Arcade (VS. Balloon Fight)*
    Value
    1987*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • NES*
    Value
    January 22, 1985*
  • Region
    North America*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • NES*
    Value
    September 1986*
  • Region
    PAL region*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • NES*
    Value
    March 12, 1987*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    October 1985*
  • Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    X1*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    November 1985*
  • Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    MZ-1500*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    1985*
  • Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    Zaurus*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    September 2001*
  • Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    e-Reader*
  • Region
    North America*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • PC-8801*
    Value
    September 16, 2002*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Scope
    • September 1984*
    • Game Boy Advance*
    Value
    May 21, 2004*
Genres and style
  • Action*
Play modes
  • Single-player*
  • multiplayer*
Arcade hardware
  • Nintendo VS. System*
  • PlayChoice-10*
Developers
  • Nintendo R&D1*
  • HAL Laboratory*
Publishers
  • Nintendo*
  • Region
    Japan*
    Value
    Hudson Soft (PC-88, Sharp X1, MZ-1500)*
Designers
  • Yoshio Sakamoto*
Producers
  • Gunpei Yokoi*
Artists
  • Yoshio Sakamoto*
Programmers
  • Satoru Iwata*

* Provisional data