Balloon King

My Pico-8  interpretation of the 1980 Namco arcade game.

How to Play

The peasants are revolting!

Protect the king and shoots the balloons before they can capture the king and carry him away.

You have infinite player bows but only 3 chances to save the king (extra life at 10,000 points).

Controls

[X] - Fire

Thanks To

• Finn for testing
• @bikibird for the excellent speako8 library
• @IndieGamerChick for her inspiring review of the original (that I'd never heard of):
  https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/06/king-balloon-1980-arcade-review/
• PICO-8 for creating an awesome "fantasy console"

Version History

0.80 - 16-Sep-2023 - Released
0.81 - 16-Sep-2023 - Balloons no longer all return home when player hit
0.82 - 20-Sep-2023 - Fixed crash with overlapping speech