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Crazy Balloon

Crazy Balloon is a homebrew Atari 2600 adaptation of the 1980 arcade game, challenging players to guide a fragile balloon through narrow mazes. The gameplay focuses on careful movement and timing across…

31 December 2005

Crazy Balloon is an arcade developed by Manuel Rotschkar, released 31 December 2005 on Atari 2600.

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What Crazy Balloon is

Crazy Balloon is an arcade game developed by Manuel Rotschkar and released in 2005. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Crazy Balloon is a homebrew Atari 2600 adaptation of the 1980 arcade game, challenging players to guide a fragile balloon through narrow mazes. The gameplay focuses on careful movement and timing across arcade-inspired stages recreated for the console
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Crazy Balloon launched on 31 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life and Dead or Alive 4.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life, Dead or Alive 4.

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When did Crazy Balloon come out?
Crazy Balloon was released on 31 December 2005 for Atari 2600.

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