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Bomberman
Bomberman's main character, the "White Bomber"
Genre(s)	Action
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Original release	1983 (in Japan)
Official website	[1]

Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, Bomberman is featured in over 60 different games. Being commercially successful, with over 10 millon units of games sold, the series "has since become known as the first name in multiplayer games".^[2]

Story

The games are set in another universe, on Planet Bomber. In Bomberman: Act Zero, Bomber Planet has an underground bomb factory where robots called "Bombermen" make bombs. There is a challenge to see who is the best Bomberman in the factory in a survival of the fittest.

The NES game begins with "Bomberman" (the eponymous character of the game) growing bored of making bombs in the factory and wants to become human, and thus decides to escape. When he does, the "Bomberman" species gains more free will due to the fulfillment of this wish.

The main character is first given the name "White Bomber" in Bomberman II, where he joins an intergalactic police force to help protect the galaxy. They soon come across their biggest threat- An intergalactic crime organization called the Hige-Hige bandits, lead by the evil Bagulaa (alternately spelled "Bagular", and "Buggler").

In Nintendo DS games he takes the name Cheerful White (Bomberman Land Touch and Bomberman Land Touch 2). Also in the Nintendo DS games he is paired with Bookworm Green, Kid Blue, Cute Pink, Giant Gold, and Cool Black.

Unlike many video game series, there is no single recurring main antagonist. However, the white bomberman tends to be the character you play as. bomberman is the bomb like tick tick

Gameplay

The general goal throughout the series is to complete the levels by strategically placing bombs in order to kill enemies and destroy obstacles. Exploding bombs can set off other bombs, kill or injure enemies and destroy obstacles. However, they can also kill or injure the player character, destroy powerups, and sometimes "anger" the exit, causing it to generate more enemies. Most Bomberman games also feature a multiplayer mode, where other Bombermen act as opponents, and the last one standing is the winner. In this mode, powerups are plentiful. Although most games in the Bomberman series use the same type of maze-based levels established by the original game, some are Zelda-like adventure games, Mario-like platformers, Tetris-like puzzle games, and kart racers. It is considered to be a classic franchise by many video game players.

Main characters

• Bomberman, also referred to as "White Bomberman", "White Bomber", "Cheerful White" in (Bomberman Land Touch!), "Bomber John" (in Bomberman Touch), and (in Japan) Shirobon, is the hero of the series. In the standard games, he is the protagonist and player-character. He is portrayed as the heroic yet cheerful type, often saving his home planet from disaster. Like all Bombermen, he has the ability to generate bombs in his hands. In later games, such as Bomberman Max and Bomberman Tournament, he is shown to be part of an interplanetary police force stationed at Bomber Base. The White Bomberman also made appearances in other games, such as Wario Blast, a Bomberman game featuring Nintendo mascot Mario's rival, Wario. He also appears in DreamMix TV World Fighters, a Hudson fighting game with characters from Hudson Soft, Konami and Takara. He has featured in three anime series, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden Victory (they are based on the marble shooting game B-Daman, and Bomberman Jetters.

• Black Bomberman (Cool Black in Bomberman Land Touch!) looks identical to Bomberman, only colored black and does not wear white tights. In many of his first appearances, he was shown to be the main rival of Bomberman, often performing acts such as robbing banks to fight him. He eventually becomes a gradual friend of Bomberman, and acts as the second player in the two-player story modes of the games. Hudson has given him a cool and collected personality in the later games. He also leads Red Bomber, Blue Bomber, Green Bomber and Yellow Bomber.

• Max first appears in Bomberman Max as one of the main characters. He is some what competitive and arrogant, as shown that despite the urgency of the mission, he challenges Bomberman to a contest to who can gather the most charaboms. Max wears a black suited armor with a helmet that completely hides his face. He is also a playable character in the game Bomberman Jetters , where he joins Bomberman in the fight against the Hige Hige Bandits again, and unlockable in Bomberman Generation.

• Dr. Ein is a scientist who assists Bomberman. He is eccentric and doesn't seem to show many emotions. He is fat, has white spiky hair, and glasses with spirals covering the lenses. Despite never having a playable appearance, one of the customization sets in Bomberman Live lets Bomberman wear Dr. Ein's lab coat and glasses.

• Charabom are small creatures that help Bomberman progress by granting him abilities. First appearing in Bomberman Max, each new game that features charaboms always feature a unique set of them. Bomberman often find Charabom trapped in cages, and he can partner with one to use its ability. He can also fuse them together and battle them against others. Pommy is a recurring Charabom, who first appears in Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, where he is a loyal, but cowardly sidekick and a mimic. He is capable of shooting lightning and taking on many different forms.

• Rui are kangaroo-like animals with rabbit ears who help Bomberman by letting him ride on their backs. Louie, the western counterpart of Rui, often specifically helps Bomberman.

• The Fiendish Bombers (a.k.a the Five Dastardly Bombers) are a gang of five recurring boss enemies in several games of the series. Magnet Bomber sports a scarf-like cape and has a magnet shape attached to his helmet, and uses bombs that are attracted to his enemies. Golem Bomber is much larger than the others and he utilizes fire bombs. Pretty Bomber is distinguished from her male counterparts by her pink skirt, yellow neckerchief, and the large yellow heart attached to her helmet. She also appears as a close friend to Bomberman in several games, where both White and Black Bomber are attracted to her. Brain Bomber is the engineer of the group, who wears a cloak and has the symbol of a crown on his helmet. He is shorter than the other characters and sometimes floats above the group. Plasma Bomber is the leader. Plasma Bomber wears a neckerchief and has a lightning bolt attached to his helmet that can create electric currents.

• Bagura (Bagular in the West) is the main villain in many of the games. He resembles a blue and white, large, elderly Bomberman with a bushy white beard, a monocle, and a cape. He first appears as the main villain of Bomberman '94, in which he attempts to run a comet-disguised ship into Planet Bomber after throwing it into chaos. He later appears in several games, including Super Bomberman 3,, Super Bomberman 4, Bomberman Hero, Bomberman World, and Neo Bomberman. He is the true leader of the Hige Hige Bandits, with Mujoe as his second-in-command. Dr. MechaDoc also serves the group by creating technology, such as the Hige-Hige Bandits, small robotic minions who are very weak and serve under Mujoe.

See also

• List of Bomberman games

References

External links

• Hudson Entertainment Homepage - New versions of Bomberman
• Bomberman series at MobyGames
• Bomberman Series at the Open Directory Project

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Bomberman
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Japanese title	ボンバーマン
Release date(s)	1985
Genre(s)	Action
System(s)	NES, MSX, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage
Players	1
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Followed by	Dyna Blaster, Bomberman II
Series	Bomberman

This is the first game in the Bomberman series. For other games in the series see the Bomberman category.

For the MS-DOS, Commodore Amiga, and TurboGrafx-16 game, see Dyna Blaster. For the Nintendo DS game, see Bomberman (Nintendo DS).

The Bomberman series may be as well know to video game players as Mega Man, Castlevania, and even Super Mario. It has certainly been around as long. And like many of these other series, the first version of the game is a rapid departure from what later games in the series would ultimately become, but the series as a whole is indebted to its roots for being a successful game in the first place. Although it didn't reach one million sales, it did sell approximately 800,000 copies in its lifetime.

Title screen

The Bomberman series actually starts even before this particular NES version. A very simple, drastically different looking "Bomber Man" (according to the title screen) was released for the MSX. The gameplay was more abstract, featured only one enemy and no power-ups, and the only goal was to find the exit without dying. Hudson Soft dramatically improved the game for its Famicom release by adding a number of enemies, horizontally scrolling stages, and the power-ups that make keeping Bomberman alive so worthwhile. But they also made the first steps in shaping the Bomberman character that we know and recognize today. The sprite used for Bomberman actually came from an enemy sprite used in Hudson Soft's very successful Famicom conversion of Lode Runner. One of the robotic enemies that chased the Lode Runner hero learned that he might become human if he can climb fifty underground floors to escape from his plant and reach the surface of the world. The only weapon at Bomberman's disposal, of course, are bombs.

As a gift to the platform that Bomberman started on, Hudson Soft released an updated version for the MSX called Bomberman Special that was updated to reflect the Famicom version. It was five years before Bomberman was followed up by two sequels, the first of which was actually made for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1990. Outside of Japan, it was known as Dyna Blaster, while in Japan it shared the same name as its predecessor even though it was a tremendously enhanced game. The second sequel was a proper NES sequel entitled Bomberman II. Subsequent releases on the TurboGrafx-16 and the series debut on the Super Nintendo lead to the definition of the White Bomber character as a mainstay hero of the video game realm. In 2004, Nintendo gave Bomberman the distinction of being included in they Famicom Mini, and Classic NES lines of Game Boy Advance conversions. Hudson Soft re-released the game on the GBA along with Bomberman II in Hudson Best Collection Vol. 1, published only in Japan.

NES box

GBA Classic NES box

GBA Famicom Mini box

Hudson Best Collection Vol. 1

Story

Our hero, Bomberman, worked in a bomb factory located in an underground labyrinth. He grew very bored making bombs day in and day out. One day, he learned of a rumor that stated if a robot could ever escape the labyrinth and reach the surface of the world, his wish would be granted and he would become human. Bomberman is determined to find out if this rumor is true.

Table of Contents

• How to play
• Walkthrough

Gameplay Summary

• Bomberman starts each round in the upper left corner of every stage.
• Bomberman must first destroy every enemy in the stage, and second locate the exit and escape to the next stage.
• Bomberman can destroy enemies and walls with bombs. Bombs can also harm Bomberman unless he has a special power-up.
• The number of bombs that Bomberman can deploy at one time, and the range of the explosions can be increased through power-ups.
• Bomberman losses one life if he is touched by an enemy, or if he is caught in a bomb explosion.
• If Bomberman bombs the exit, or if he runs out of time, enemies will pour out of the exit.
• Bombs ordinarily detonate on their own after a set amount of time. One power-up gives Bomberman the ability to detonate the bombs at will.

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Bomberman
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Release date	Famicom: December 19, 1985 (JP) NES: January 1989 (NA)
Genre	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	N/A NES
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System
Media	320 Kilobit Cartridge NES
Input	NES Controller
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