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Bomberman series

Pocket Bomberman

Everyone is familiar with explosive hurling hero 'Bomberman' but this time he's back in a side-view platforming adventure on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Use your bombs to blast your way through each stage…

12 December 1997

Pocket Bomberman is an adventure developed by Hudson Soft, released 12 December 1997 on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

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What Pocket Bomberman is

Pocket Bomberman is an adventure game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1997. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sunlight has been stolen from Bomberman's world and in order to regain the light our hero must venture through each zone and ultimately defeat the evil that awaits him atop the mountain.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Bomberman series

Pocket Bomberman is the 39th of 158 entries we hold in the Bomberman series. The next entry was Bomberman in 1997.

See all 158 Bomberman games in release order →

What it launched against

Pocket Bomberman launched on 12 December 1997, within three weeks of Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II.

Released around the same time: Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Pocket Bomberman come out?
Pocket Bomberman was released on 12 December 1997 for Game Boy Color and Game Boy.

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