Balloon Fight is an action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is an arcade style game that features three game modes.

Game A is the main game where the player controls a character with a pair of balloons attached to him. The player is able to fly through the air by rapidly tapping A or holding down B. Hitting the birds' balloons is the objective of the player. When a bird's balloon is popped, it floats to the ground where it will attempt to refill a new balloon. At this time, the player must knock the bird into the water. Once all of the birds have been defeated, the player moves on to the next level. When a bird or other obstacle hits the player from above, one of the player's balloons pop. If both of the player's balloons are popped, the player loses a life.

Game B is a two-player version of Game A.

Game C is called Balloon Trip. In this game, the player flies through the sky avoiding enemies and obstacles. Getting hit by anything will end the game.

In the first ever published Balloon Fight level hack, the balloon fighters find themselves having to conquer new worlds that they never knew existed.

Here's a general list of everything that has been changed in this hack:

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[li]12 brand new Phases[/li]
[li]New title screen[/li]
[li]Starting lives are now 6 instead of 2[/li]
[li]Bonus Phases have been modified: balloon rising speeds, points per balloon, and super bonus points rewards[/li]
[li]Some surprise graphical appearances from other games[/li]
[li]NROM-128 to NROM-256 conversion/ROM expansion[/li]
[li]Intro music plays at the beginning of every Phase instead of the first of every 3 Phases[/li]
[li]Phase designs are revisited starting from Phase 1 instead of Phase 4[/li]
[li]Custom palette code: each Phase and Bonus Phase has its own unique palette; the original game had different palettes for every 3 Phases[/li]
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This hack was created as a proof of concept for a Balloon Fight level hack, in contrast to previous Balloon Fight hacks that are primarily graphical hacks.

The level format and basic components of the game have been documented and submitted separately, available for other ROM hackers to potentially create their own awesome Balloon Fight level hacks! Download the collection of documents for Balloon Fight Level Hacking here.

Due to NROM-128 to NROM-256 ROM expansion, this hack uses the BPS patch format instead of the IPS patch format. Please download the beat utility by byuu and refer to the readme file for appropriate patching instructions.

Balloon Fight (U) [!].nes
Checksum-16: 0672
Checksum-32: 00230672
Checksum-64: 0000000000230672
CRC-16: 59E6
MD-5: 6E125395CA4F18ADDB8CE6C9152DEA85
SHA-1: F5E4CD9F287A8233EEE35AD1881B2770D9F2C453
SHA-256: 9710F31E7EE204A69AAAAFB6AF340EFEC89657A245C8D402DEE95DAEA4F8A49F