Bomberman
Bomberman is a robot engaged in the production of bombs. Like his fellow robots, he had been put to work in an underground compound by evil forces. Bomberman found it to be an unbearably dreary existence. One…
Bomberman is an arcade developed by Hudson Soft, released 20 December 1985 on Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Bomberman is
Bomberman is an arcade game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1985. It is available on Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in a galaxy creatively named the Bomber Nebula, the original Bomberman did not incorporate an official storyline but focused purely on the puzzle aspect of the game. When Bomberman was re-released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, a story was incorporated into the gameplay. In the NES version of Bomberman, the title character grows tired of making bombs in an underground factory in the Bungeling Empire. Bomberman finds out that if a robot is able to reach the surface, it can become human. The title character decides to escape, and is turned into an organic human being known as the "Runner".
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Bomberman series
Bomberman is the second of 158 entries we hold in the Bomberman series. It arrived 12 months after 3-D Bomberman. The next entry was Bomber Man Special in 1986. Its critic score of 58 is 13 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Bomberman Collection at 87.
How it was received
Bomberman holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points below the year average. Players rate it 64, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Bomberman launched on 20 December 1985, within three weeks of Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary and Nemesis. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary, Nemesis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bomberman yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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