<s>
Crazy	B-Device
Balloon	I-Device
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Device
Balloon	I-Device
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
maneuver	O
a	O
balloon	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
full	O
of	O
thorns	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
box	O
tied	O
to	O
a	O
floating	O
balloon	O
,	O
which	O
swings	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
continually	O
,	O
within	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
filled	O
with	O
spikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
four-way	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
the	O
box	O
through	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
toward	O
the	O
goal	O
,	O
ensuring	O
that	O
the	O
swinging	O
balloon	O
avoids	O
the	O
spikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
are	O
colored	O
green	O
and	O
purple	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
earn	O
more	O
points	O
if	O
the	O
balloon	O
and	O
box	O
pass	O
through	O
the	O
area	O
safely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
completes	O
mazes	B-Application
,	O
individual	O
spikes	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
the	O
entire	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
may	O
begin	O
moving	O
or	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Device
Balloon	I-Device
sports	O
relatively	O
basic	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
a	O
new	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
melody	O
from	O
"	O
Oh	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
arcade	O
version	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
emulated	O
compilations	O
such	O
as	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
2	O
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Taito	B-Device
Legends	I-Device
Power-Up	I-Device
(	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
)	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
named	O
Crazy	B-Device
Balloon	I-Device
2005	O
,	O
was	O
included	O
alongside	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
release	O
on	O
Taito	B-Device
Legends	I-Device
Power-Up	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
no	O
official	O
contemporary	O
home	O
ports	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
clones	O
,	O
including	O
Crazy	B-Device
Balloon	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
Software	O
Projects	O
,	O
1983	O
)	O
and	O
Crazy	B-Device
Balloons	I-Device
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
(	O
A&F	O
Software	O
,	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Acornsoft	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
