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Balloon Fight Famicom instruction booklet (Japan, HVC-BF)

Nintendo. 1985. “Balloon Fight Famicom instruction booklet (Japan, HVC-BF).” Nintendo.

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Balloon Fight FC manual
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https://archive.org/details/balloon-fight-hvc-bf-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi
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2026-11-06
Licence
© 1984 Nintendo; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Nintendo; 600 dpi scan in the Internet Archive item "balloon-fight-hvc-bf-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi".
Notes
The booklet packed with the Japanese Famicom cartridge HVC-BF. It prints a copyright line "© Nintendo 1984" and no release date; the item's date metadata (1985-01-22) is the uploader's, a lead and not evidence. The OCR spaces Japanese text between words, so quotes follow the OCR.

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Claims (6)

The Famicom booklet (HVC-BF) is copyright 1984 and prints no release date; the North American booklet is copyright 1986.last pageManual
The player is a balloonist who flies by flapping, with two balloons, and pops the enemies' balloons by hitting them from above. A popped enemy drifts down on a parachute, and a second hit drops him into the water; one who lands blows up a new balloon and takes off stronger. Losing one balloon makes flying harder, and losing both drops the player into the water.printed p. 4, 3. 遊び方Manual
The game has three modes: Game A for one player against the computer, Game B for two players, and Game C, Balloon Trip, for one player. The Famicom booklet gives the same three.printed p. 2printed p. 6printed p. 7Manual
Flying too close to the water lets a fish eat the player, and a game that goes on too long brings a thunder and lightning storm. In later rounds a propeller appears that sends whoever touches it flying. A sunk enemy leaves a bubble worth points, and a player who flies off one side of the screen comes back on the other.printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8)Manual
Game B can be played as a team, one player bursting an enemy's balloon and the other ripping his parachute, or as a competition in which the players try to bring each other down.printed p. 6Manual
In Balloon Trip the scene drifts slowly sideways while the player pops as many balloons as possible and dodges lightning, and the screen shows the player's rank out of 50. Popping 20 balloons in a row gives a higher score.printed p. 7Manual