Phileas Fogg's Balloon Battles is an arcade developed by Reflective Designs, released 31 December 1991 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Phileas Fogg's Balloon Battles is
Phileas Fogg's Balloon Battles is an arcade game developed by Reflective Designs and released in 1991. It was published by Zeppelin Games. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On the way trying to get round the world in 80 days, Mr Phileas Fogg has stopped to help the Allies against the enemy. To help, Phileas is going up in the air in his hot-air balloon and mapping the enemy territory as well as locating and bombing enemy shacks. Using High Pressure Thrust, the winds, hydrogen gas, and sandbags, Phileas can adjust his height and direction to map and bomb enemy shacks as well as avoiding obstacles and Musketeers firing cannons and muskets. The longer the day goes on and gets warmer the balloon rises and falls quicker.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Phileas Fogg's Balloon Battles launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.
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