Crow&Balloon (Ikegami Masahiro)

Title – Crow&Balloon
System – Sord M5 (BASIC-I Cartridge)
Author – Ikegami Masahiro
Publication – December 1983 issue of Micom Basic Magazine
Page Scans – 1 2
Preserved By – Redfly
Recommended Emulator – MAME

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Loading the Game

Run the machine with the BASIC-I cartridge attached;
Load either the the .cas or .wav file;
Type CHAIN and press Enter;
The game should start automatically. If it doesn’t, press Esc.

Game Instructions

This program is an exact copy of Daisuke Miyata’s work on page 45 of the July 1983 issue of Micom Basic Magazine. I tried to make it as simple as possible by using scrolls to move the balloons (although the list ended up being quite long!).

How to play –

Use the cursor movement keys to move the crow (light blue crow) up and down.
If you poke the balloon with the tip of beak, you get points, and if any other part of the crow touches the balloon, the crow falls and dies.

Balloons come in green, blue, red, and yellow, and each one is worth 10 to 100 points in order. Also, each 100 points increases the number of crows, but the number of balloons also increases, making it more difficult.