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Bamse

Bamse, the strongest bear in the world, is a popular Swedish cartoon figure created by Rune Andréasson in 1962. This is his first appearance in a video game. The game was exclusively created for the Swedish…

31 December 1993

Bamse is a platform developed by Beam Software, released 31 December 1993 on Game Boy.

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What Bamse is

Bamse is a platform game developed by Beam Software and released in 1993. It was published by Laser Beam Entertainment Pty., Ltd.. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story goes, that Skalman has invented a time machine and together with Bamse and Lille Skutt they travel 75 million years back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. But the mischievous Vargen sneaks along and kidnaps Skalman to his "doomed castle". Bamse must now free his friend so they can get back to their own time again.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Bamse series

Bamse is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Bamse series. The next entry was Bamse i Egypten in 2007.

See all 2 Bamse games in release order →

What it launched against

Bamse launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Bamse come out?
Bamse was released on 31 December 1993 for Game Boy.

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