Bomb Jack is an arcade developed by Tehkan, released 31 December 1986 on ZX Spectrum.
What Bomb Jack is
Bomb Jack is an arcade game developed by Tehkan and released in 1986. It was published by Elite Systems. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Bomb Jack, the player controls Jack, who must collect all the bombs in order to complete the current round and go onto the next one. This sounds easy, right? Wrong! Making Jack's task difficult are numerous enemies such as birds, mummies, turtles, and orbs. In each round, collecting a number of bombs results in a bonus coin appearing, and collecting this coin will make the player's score increase 2 to 4 times. More often than not, the "power ball" appears, and when you collect this, you can defeat enemies and have more time to collect all the bombs. There is also the "E" coin, which gives Jack one additional life, but rarely does this coin appear. The more you progress through the game…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Bomb Jack launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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When did Bomb Jack come out?
Bomb Jack was released on 31 December 1986 for ZX Spectrum.
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