Balloon Kid is a 1990 sidescrolling and autoscrolling platformer by Nintendo. I think it was quite unknown here in Europe. I only read about it in the last Return magazine. It is fun, but seems quite difficult. Haven’t figured out how to gain balloons once you lose them. #retrogaming #nintendo #gameboy #balloonkid

A GameBoy screen showing a landscape made of pencils and matchsticks
[–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago

@phako Ja, ich habe es in den letzten paar Jahren 3-4 mal durchgespielt. Heute hatte ich in Welt 3 dann keinen Bock mehr und hab ausgeschaltet -- und ich kann danach noch kaum mehr scharf gucken, weil der Screen so klein ist! :-D Als Kind hatte ich nie einen GameBoy, bin im Karstadt am GameBoy Kiosk aber ständig an diesem Game gescheitert.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    It’s going about as well as you could expect! Some nice surprises in the first two levels. I played PoP a little as a teenager but was easily frustrated by the time limit and the constant deaths. Now with several decades of distance I can appreciate it better.

    I got pummeled by a surprise guard kn the left side of the screen.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    We discover a manhole (conveniently opened with the crowbar) that leads down to another level of basement or maybe sewers. It leads to a cave with an ominous slab. I bet this is an altar for sacrifices. Isn’t it?

    We are in a renovated cave with a three foot high round slab made from granite.

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