Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Balloon Bomber

Title	Balloon Bomber
First release	1980
Developer	Taito Corporation
Publisher	Taito Corporation
Platform	Arcade
Genre	shooter game
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
Releases	Arcade: 1980-01-01

You control a shooter that moves left and right and shoots balloons that drop bombs at you. If the bomb misses you, it makes a crater at which point you cannot move past, thereby limiting your movement to avoid bombs.

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Sources

TheGamesDB (7840) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (ballbomb) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`ballbomb`
Title at ADB	Balloon Bomber
Manufacturer	Taito
Year	1980
Genre	Shooter / Gallery
Players	2
MAME driver status	IMPERFECT

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (title+year) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:39 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito Corporation · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito Corporation · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Arcade Game: Balloon Bomber (1980 Taito)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Arcade version · gameplay · 7:26auto-matched
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