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100th: Save Your Balloon Buddy

February 1, 2012 by Shelly Cooper

You love your balloon. He’s your best friend. But he’s hard to hold onto. In 100th, you must take him through the various levels without losing him or popping him. Luckily, there are several folks around who can help you get new balloons if you lose your first one. Note: See below game for instructions and tips, plus a video walkthrough.
To begin the game, click the area where it says “Click for focus,” and then press “X.”

Instructions: Use arrow keys to move and jump. Press Z to hold balloon (CTRL, Shift, and X also work). M key toggles music on and off. Hold the up key for higher jumps; you can jump higher when holding the balloon. Keep in mind that it’s easy for the balloon to slip from your fingers. Also, in this world, if you’re holding the balloon, you stay on the ground, but if you sit on top of it, you can float to higher levels.

100th is fairly short and not extremely difficult, although there are some secret extra challenges in the game that are pretty tough (for those who like that sort of thing). Earn extra bonus points if you make it to the end with the original balloon.

Koala Lander: Ballooning for Shrimp

January 17, 2012 by Shelly Cooper

Jo-Jo the Koala is flying his balloon on his way to Sydney for a barbecue, but his mates are cheapskates and told him to bring his own shrimp. So, it’s up to you to help Jo-Jo pick up as many shrimp as possible so he won’t go hungry. Oh, and you’ll need to watch out for all the obstacles Jo-Jo encounters in his balloon… and help him land safely each time. Note: See below game for instructions and tips.

Instructions: Use your arrow keys to move Jo-Jo in his balloon. Pick up the shrimp and avoid all the obstacles that can send Jo-Jo plummeting to the ground. Oh, and keep an eye on your fuel supply, too — running out of fuel will also crash poor Jo-Jo. When you land on the platform, you don’t have to be completely on it to move to the next level. However, you want to be sure not to land too hard, or else (you guessed it), Jo-Jo crashes. Complete all 10 levels if you can.

Bloons 2: Conquer Bloonworld by Popping Balloons

December 12, 2011 by Shelly Cooper

Welcome to Bloonworld. In order to conquer this strange land, you must complete all the levels in each region before moving on to the next. Some challenges are fairly easy. Others, not so much. In some cases, you might find yourself missing just one or two balloons… over and over again. But don’t be discouraged — you’ll get it eventually. Note: See below game for instructions and tips.

Instructions: Use your mouse to aim and throw darts at the Bloons. Some have special features, giving you boomerangs or extra darts. Some explode, others drop spike balls, and yet others can reverse gravity. If you get stuck, you’ve got two options. You can either reveal the solution, or you can activate one of your Supermonkeys — who can pop all the Bloons with his laser-vision eyes. Keep in mind, though, that you only get a limited number of solutions and Supermonkeys, so use them wisely.

Supermonkey: Pop Bloons With Lasers!

November 15, 2011 by Shelly Cooper

How many bloons can a Supermonkey pop? A LOT, if he’s got the right weapons! Guide the Supermonkey over the bloons and pop as many as you can. If you pop enough, you can move to the next level. Grab the blue credits (blops) as they fall from each popped bloon to buy upgrades. Note: See below game for instructions and tips.

Instructions: Use your mouse to guide Supermonkey over the bloons. At first, you only have a dart thrower, but you can soon upgrade it for a more powerful weapon. Don’t worry about touching the bloons — they won’t hurt you.

As you upgrade, you might find it best to start with the boomerang and then get the first plasma weapon. Next, get the high-speed darts. Try to move with the bloons so that your weapons can stay focused on them longer. Also, move around the screen so that the blops follow you and you can get better weapons more quickly. (I find that moving up and down a lot tends to help.)

Keep in mind that you don’t have to wait for the end of the level to upgrade; you can press the ESC key to get to the upgrade screen while you’re in the middle of a level. Also, if you’ve got a slower graphics card, you may find that the game slows down a bit when a lot of blops or bloons are on the screen. Oh, and you may find that the three-directional laser works better than the superlaser.

Bloons Insanity

November 15, 2011 by Shelly Cooper

Here’s another crazy set of balloon puzzles for you to solve. Help the monkey pop enough balloons to advance to the next level. Some balloons are filled with extra goodies to help you along the way. Note: See below game for instructions and tips.

Instructions: Use your mouse to aim the darts at the balloons. Click to activate the power meter. When the power meter reaches the desired strength, release the mouse button to throw the dart. Some balloons contain special darts, such as light sabers, bombs, spike balls, and more.