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Bouncing Bluster

Bouncing Bluster is a 1 - 2 player arcade game similar to Arkanoid. The player controls a paddle on the bottom of the screen that moves horizontally, and must bounce a ball to hit and destroy and bricks on the…

31 December 1989

Bouncing Bluster is an arcade developed by Fantasia Entertainment Software, released 31 December 1989 on Apple IIGS.

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What Bouncing Bluster is

Bouncing Bluster is an arcade game developed by Fantasia Entertainment Software and released in 1989. It is available on Apple IIGS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bouncing Bluster is a 1 - 2 player arcade game similar to Arkanoid. The player controls a paddle on the bottom of the screen that moves horizontally, and must bounce a ball to hit and destroy and bricks on the screen. The player starts with 5 lives, and it's game over when all are lost. Various powerups fall from the screen as blocks are broken, including multiple balls, the ability to shoot lasers, sticky balls, and thinner/wider paddles.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Bouncing Bluster launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Bouncing Bluster come out?
Bouncing Bluster was released on 31 December 1989 for Apple IIGS.

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