The older, Nintendo-published “black box” games on the NES are, on the whole, an interesting experience.
Most of them feel a little arcadey, for lack of a better term, calling to mind previous generations of home gaming which aimed to recreate the arcade experience at home in lieu of basically everything else.
“Balloon Fight” is no exception. It involves a single screen of little dudes floating about via balloon. The object is to be like Obi-Wan and get the high ground (or high “air”) from where you can pop the other balloons, rather than have yours popped instead.
The basic game is fun enough, but it turns into an endless repeating level quest, wherein you try to get high scores before you eventually die.
Like I said, arcadey.
I enjoy it in bursts, but it’s not the sort of thing I make a point to return to.