Thanks for the great idea Crisp_N_Dry, I like it a lot

Here's a new to-do list...
- bonus items that fall out of balloons when you pop them.
- catch those items for extra points or special events
- levels.
- extra lives when you reach a number of points
- more balloons with different shapes or colors
- wind which blow balloons in a certain direction
- highscore list
- menu
- bigger screen than 640x480 (fullscreen?)
- pop balloons in a special order for extra points
- a cursur other than the windows cross hair
- your ideas here(?)

Eriken, I've added your wind idea as well.
At first I wasn't sure how to do this because I rather don't see any balloons floating off the left/right side of the screen, but I think I can prevent that with a simple border check...

I've been working on new graphics, here's a tiny preview


A newer version is still not ready, but should be in about two days...