title: Balloon Bomber
text: # Balloon Bomber
  
  Balloon Bomber is a fixed shooter arcade video game released by Taito in 1980.
  
  ## Gameplay
  
  Balloon Bomber is a fixed shooter game which the player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen which shoots at balloon-carrying bombs overhead. If a falling bomb hits the bottom of the screen, it makes a crater which cannot be moved past limiting mobility.
  
  To pass a level, the player had to defeat all of the craters and balloons being released by an airplanes.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  The game was re-released in multiple compilations, including Taito Legends 2 for PlayStation 2, Taito Memories Pocket (Japan/Asia), and Taito Legends Power Up (Europe) for the PlayStation Portable.
  
  