Balloon Brothers

Balloon Brothers
Developer(s)	East Technology
Publisher(s)	East Technology
Platform(s)	Taito X System
Release	1992
Gameplay info
Playfield size	10x20
Hold piece	No

Balloon Brothers is a Upside down Tetris-like game (like REV Mode in Tetris The Grand Master), created in 1992 by East Technology.

Gameplay

Color Changes when piece rotates. Red => Blue => Green => Red

There's a Hard variant of balloons, which happens on certain level up: Red => Orange, Green => Yellow-Green, Blue => Purple

Clearing 1 line with same color will clear above rows that are same color.

Start

Cleared line

Causes Chain Reaction

Final State

Also happens this:

Start

Cleared line

Does Nothing

Causes Chain Reaction

Does Nothing Final State

Clearing 2 lines with same color will clear that are same color.

Start

Cleared 2 lines

Causes Chain Reaction

Final State

Clearing 3 lines with same color will clear that are same color and color that are next to rotation.

Start

Cleared 3 lines

Causes Chain Reaction

Final State

Clearing 4 lines with same color will wipe the board, thus Perfect Clear.

Start

Cleared 4 lines

Causes Chain Reaction

Final State

Unlike Tetris The Grand Master and Tetris The Absolute The Grand Master 2 and Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct, Clearing Hard Balloons will turn to normal balloons, but it will pull up blocks below when normal balloons disappear.

Start

Causes Chain Reaction

2nd Chain Reaction

Final State

Rotation system

Due to upload concerns, Rotation state can't be explained fully.

It can be only rotated counterclockwise. unlike Tetris (Sega), there's only 1 button to rotate, which is a great disadvantage as you can't rotate clockwise quickly.

It did not implement wall kicks or hard drop.

External links

• Balloon Brothers on Wikipedia