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Balloon Challenge

Players compete to send hot air balloons higher into the sky than the opponent in this turn-based tactics game. This game is very similar to Boloball, another Soleau Software puzzle game. The objective of…

31 December 1993

Balloon Challenge is a strategy developed by Soleau Software, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.

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What Balloon Challenge is

Balloon Challenge is a strategy game developed by Soleau Software and released in 1993. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players compete to send hot air balloons higher into the sky than the opponent in this turn-based tactics game. This game is very similar to Boloball, another Soleau Software puzzle game. The objective of Balloon Challenge is to get your 25 colored balloons as high as you can on the game board. The higher the balloon goes, the higher the points awarded. The player with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner. There are many items to help or hinder your balloon from traveling higher. Dark clouds stop your balloon from going any higher. Hurricanes move your balloon to a different hurricane on the board. Airplanes destroy your balloon. Directional clouds move the balloon in the…
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What it launched against

Balloon Challenge launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Balloon Challenge come out?
Balloon Challenge was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.

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