A Popping good time!!!
A Popping good time!!!
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Welcome to Balloon Buster, a Action-Puzzle game on the World-Wide-Web. Give it a try, but be warned that once you start playing you will become addicted and wont want to stop. This game is written in Java 1.0 please read the System Requirements below before playing. |
The object of Balloon Buster is quite simple, shoot round balloons of
various colors to pop and/or drop other balloons which are currently
on the playfield. You do so by having the balloon you shoot hit 2 or
more connected balloons of the same color. Once you do that the balloon
you shot as well as those of the same color (which were hit), will pop
and disappear from the playfield. Not only that but any other balloons
(any color) that were touching those balloons whom popped and are now left
suspended in mid-air will drop to the bottom and be removed from the
playfield.
If the balloons pass the line on the bottom of the screen (the line right
above the shooter) you lose the game. Winning the round depends on the
type of game being played, where as some games require to get-rid of all
the balloons on the playfield and others to stay alive for some specific time.
Occasionally special balloons or objects on the playfield will come up
which will either help or hinder you... It is up to you to find out what
these balloons or objects do and how they effect the game. Also from time
to time (more frequently on higher levels) the playfield will shift down,
as well as shoot random balloons from the bottom of the screen.
Movement of the shooter as well as shooting of the ball are done using
the keys shown below.
HINTS:
- The Balloon you shoot may be ricoshea off the Left and Right
walls, use this to bounce the balloon to spots that are hard to reach.
- Try to hit balloons which are above a clutter of others, if you break
the connection of the clutter (leave them suspended in mid-air), they
will fall to the bottom. Thus if you break a top-row all the suspended
balloons under it will fall.
- Keep an eye on the next ball, and plan your shot with that of the
upcoming color in mind.
- Place useless balloons in spots where you can pop the balloons above, thus
also getting rid of the useless balloons.
- Shoot the balloon fast, cause after some time of not shooting a balloon
it will be shot automatically.
The following is required:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Balloon Buster is written in
Java 1.0
thus specific Client-End System requirements must be met
to play this game.
Java 1.0 is required to play Balloon Buster. Browsers that use the Java Alpha
protocol (such as old versions of Sun's HotJava) will not run Balloon Buster.
Contrary to everyone's belief Java does not run High-Action oriented applications
very well. Java is interpreted as well as platform independent and has a high
overhead, making Action games hard to create. That overhead combined with that
of some of today's Slow OS's, and that of memory hoggish web browsers
(NetScape 2.0), Balloon Buster requires the following System/OS Combos:
Others can still play but will have choppy graphics, game-play and/or sound output.
NOTE: Microsoft Explorer 3.0 is highly
recommended over NetScape 2-3.0+ due to it's FAST Java Support. With MSE30
people with 486/66's can actually play the game.
As Silly as this might seem, there are Mouse only workstations out
there, and since keyboard input is required to play Balloon Buster A
Keyboard is one of the requirements. (BTW.. a Mouse is also required)
Users with 640x480 can still play the game but must minimize the
amount of stuff on their web browser to see the full playfield.
If using NetScape on a 640x480 display first Maximize NetScape
then in then in the Options menu temporarily Disable the ToolBar
and the Directory Buttons.
CONTROL (KEYS TO USE)
The following keys are used to play Balloon Buster:
A or J - Move shooter left.
D or L - Move shooter right.
(SPACE) - Shoot the current ball.
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