I apologize for how much time you’ll waste on this game if you get sucked into it. I really do.

50 more balloon popping levels with some kickin’ new balloons, level types and weapons make this installment of Bloons the best yet. Remember that the game remembers you. Play a level now and come back later to play the next. Your progress will be saved as you go. I can’t tell you how much I love that feature. State-saving goodness in a flash game. Who’da thunk? Also of note is a new link in the game that takes to to a Bloons level builder, yet another way to waste some time. At least now you can contribute to the games. Productive?

To those of you that think this is cheap blogging, remember that I love flash games, and am just trying to share some of my favorite pieces of the web with you. Don’t be hatin’. Where else would you find these gems? Granted, you’d be better served to find your online gaming goodness at places like Kongregate like I do, but I’m assuming you non-gamer types don’t go looking for ways to waste a decade of your life away. I feel like this is just one small way I can share myself and my addictions with you all.

Enjoy.

The object of the game is to keep the creeps from crossing the board. If you let too many of them through, it becomes obvious that you are worthless on the Creep battlefield, and your term as a weapon tower general is ended. I may have added a bit to that last part, but you get the idea.

Beneath the game you will find some helpful commands and tips to help you stave off your enemies of doom. Read them.

The Goal	Creeps enter from the top and from the left. You must stop them from reaching the other side or you will lose lives. You start with 20 lives, and when they are gone the game is over.
The Pieces	Towers are used to attack creeps and also to block their path. You buy a Tower by clicking on its image and then clicking somewhere on the map. There are 6 different towers to choose from, each with different abilities. Towers can be improved by buying upgrades.
The Money	Gold is earned by killing creeps, especially the boss creeps which come every 7 levels. You spend Gold on buying Towers and upgrading them.
The Levels	Each level, or ‘wave’, contains 20 creeps (10 on easy) and they arrive every 25 or so seconds. They cannot be stopped. Your only defense is to purchase Towers to attack them. Some waves have special abilities like FAST or FLYING. Also, after every 7th wave is a BOSS wave that is especially hard to kill.
More Help	If you have never played a Tower Defense before try the Quick Start Tutorial.
Keys	1-6 selects a Tower & 0 deselects. U upgrades the selected Tower. S sells the selected Tower. Holding down Shift allows you to place multiple Towers one after the other. Space to toggle pause.
Sell Timer	It now takes a certain amount of time to sell a tower, the time goes up the more times you sell towers.

Keep in mind that a highly upgraded tower does a lot more damage than many level 1 towers. Anti-air does what it says on the box, when flying enemies pass your normal towers by and you weep, don’t come running to me. You can earn a higher score by sending waves early, but be careful not to swamp your maze. ‘N’ sends the next level early.