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List of Bomberman video games

This is a list of Bomberman video games.

Console and computer games edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomberman / Bakudan Otoko   1983
  1984		 NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001 mkII, Fujitsu FM-7, Sharp MZ-700, Sharp MZ-2000, Sharp X1, MSX, ZX Spectrum Original releases in Japan named Bakudan Otoko on most covers, but Bomberman in the game, released for MSX and ZX Spectrum in Europe as Eric and the Floaters.
3-D Bomberman   1984 NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001 mkII, MSX, Sharp X1 Uses first-person perspective. Japan-only release.
Bomberman   1985
  1987		 NES/Famicom Re-released on MSX in 1986 (as Bomberman Special) and on Game Boy Advance and N-Gage in 2004.
Bomberman   1990
   1991		 TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, X68000, Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari ST Released as Bomberman for the TG-16/PC Engine release, which was the first Bomberman release to support five players; first Bomberman game for the IBM-PC.
Bomberman II    1991
  1993		 NES/Famicom Released as Dynablaster in Europe
Bomberman '93   1992
  1993		 TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Released on Wii's Virtual Console.
Hi-Ten Bomberman   1993 Custom NEC PC Considered to be the first-ever HD game and said to be the basis for Saturn Bomberman. 10-player multitap support and first game in the series to support ten players locally.
Bomberman '94 / Mega Bomberman   1993
   1994		 PC Engine, Mega Drive/Genesis Japan-only release for the PC Engine version, released the following year for the Western markets on Mega Drive/Genesis as Mega Bomberman, 5-player multitap support; the PC-Engine version was later released on Wii Virtual Console (albeit untranslated) on March 23, 2009, in the US and on July 10, 2009, in Europe.
Hi-Ten Chara Bomb   1994 Custom NEC PC Updated version of Hi-Ten Bomberman, which increased the arena's size and introduced selectable characters, most of which were from other Hudson properties.
Saturn Bomberman   1996
   1997		 Saturn 10-player multitap support; first Bomberman game with official internet support.
Atomic Bomberman    1997 Windows 10-player support through IPX networking; first Bomberman title for Windows, developed by Interplay Entertainment.
Bomberman 64     1997 Nintendo 64 4-player support, first Bomberman game with 3D graphics.
Saturn Bomberman Fight!!   1997 Saturn Japan-only release.
Bomberman World     1998 PlayStation First in the series to be released on the PlayStation. Many of its gameplay elements were carried from the unreleased Virtual Boy title Virtual Bomberman.
Bomberman Hero     1998 Nintendo 64 Focus on single-player adventure game.
Bomberman Party Edition   1998
  1999
  2000		 PlayStation A PlayStation port of the original NES game from 1985. Known simply as Bomberman in Japan and Europe.
Bomberman 64: The Second Attack   1999
  2000		 Nintendo 64 First appearance of Pommy, one of the Charaboms.
Bomberman Online   October 2001 Dreamcast US-only release; 4-player local, 8-player online support.
Bomberman 64 (2001 video game)   December 2001 Nintendo 64 Japan-only; 4-player support. Unrelated to the 1997 title of the same name.
Bomberman Generation     2002 GameCube One of the first games to use cel-shaded graphics.
Bomberman Jetters   2002
  2004		 GameCube, PlayStation 2 PS2 release was Japan-only; based on the Bomberman Jetters anime series.
Bomberman Online      2003 Windows 6-player support, exclusive to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Net de Bomberman   2004 PlayStation 2 Japan-only release.
Bomberman Live     2007 Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) 8-player online support.
Bomberman Blast     2008 Wii, WiiWare One of the first games announced for WiiWare; also released as an expanded retail game in Japan; 8-player support, online and offline.
Bomberman Ultra     2009 PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) 8-player online support.
Bomberman Live: Battlefest     2010 Xbox Live Arcade Last console title to be published by Hudson Soft.

Portable handheld games edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Atomic Punk   1990
   1991		 Game Boy Known as Bomber Boy in Japan and Dynablaster in Europe.
Bomberman GB / Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!    1994
  1995		 Game Boy Named Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! outside of Japan; also Nintendo's earliest crossover game.
Bomberman GB 2   1995
   1998		 Game Boy Named Bomberman GB in North America and Europe.
Bomberman GB 3   1996 Game Boy Japan-only release; released in Japan for Virtual Console.
Pocket Bomberman   1997
   1998		 Game Boy, Game Boy Color GBC release only in the US and in Europe.
Bomberman Quest   1998
   1999		 Game Boy Color Action-adventure video game.
Bomberman Max   1999
   2000		 Game Boy Color Released in two variants, Red Challenger and Blue Champion editions.
Bomberman Story / Bomberman Tournament     2001 Game Boy Advance 4-player support.
Bomberman Max 2     2002 Game Boy Advance Released in two variants, Blue Advance and Red Advance.
Bomberman Jetters: Densetsu no Bomberman   2002 Game Boy Advance Japan-only release; based on the Bomberman Jetters anime series.
Bomberman    2004 N-Gage 2-player support over wireless play via Bluetooth. First title in the series to support wireless play.[1]
Bomberman (2005)     2005 Nintendo DS 8-player support over wireless play, but no internet Wi-Fi support.
Bomberman (2006)    2006
  2007		 PlayStation Portable 4-player support over wireless play; North America.
Bomberman Story DS    2007 Nintendo DS 4-player support over Wi-Fi connection.
Bomberman 2   2008
  2009		 Nintendo DS Named Custom Battler Bomberman in Japan.
Bomberman Blitz     2009 DSiWare 8-player support over wireless play and 4-player support over Wi-Fi connection.

Sub-series edit

Super Bomberman series edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Super Bomberman     1993 Super Famicom/SNES 4-player multitap support. First title in the series to be released on the SNES.
Super Bomberman 2    1994
  1995		 Super Famicom/SNES 4-player multitap support.
Super Bomberman 3    1995 Super Famicom/SNES 5-player multitap support, Japan and Europe release only.
Super Bomberman 4   1996 Super Famicom Japan-only release.
Super Bomberman 5   1997 Super Famicom Japan-only release. Last title in the series to be released on the Super Famicom.
Super Bomberman R     2017 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows 8-player online and offline support.
Super Bomberman R Online     2020 Stadia, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows First game in the series to 64 player multiplayer. First released on Stadia, then PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam later in 2021. Gets more content via seasons.

Bomberman Land series edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomberman Land   2000 PlayStation Japan-only release.
Bomberman Land 2   2003 GameCube, PlayStation 2 Japan-only release.
Bomberman Land 3   2005 PlayStation 2 Japan-only release.
Bomberman Land Touch!    2006
   2007		 Nintendo DS 8-player support over wireless play, 4-player internet Wi-Fi.
Bomberman Land (Wii)   2007
   2008		 Wii Remake of 2000 Japan-only release, designed to take advantage of Wii controller.
Bomberman Land (PSP)   2007
   2008		 PlayStation Portable 4-player support with one per system or with only one copy of the game.
Bomberman Land Touch! 2   2007
   2008		 Nintendo DS 8-player support over wireless play and 4-player support over Wi-Fi connection.

Other games edit

Arcade video games edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomberman     1991 Arcade Known as Dynablaster and Atomic Punk in Western regions. Sinclair User gave it an 85% score,[2] and Zero rated it 4 out of 5.[3]
Bomberman World     1992 Arcade Known as Dynablaster Global Quest and Atomic Punk Global Quest/Atomic Punk 2 in Western regions.
Neo Bomberman     1997 Neo Geo MVS Second and only title of the series to be released on the Neo Geo that retained its traditional gameplay. Never released for the Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD.

Mobile and phone games edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomberman Touch: The Legend of Mystic Bomb 2008 iOS
Bomberman Touch 2: Volcano Party 2009 iOS
Bomberman Dojo 2010 Android, iOS [4]
Bomberman 2014 Android, iOS [5]
VS! Bomberman 2016 Android, iOS Named 対戦！ボンバーマン in Japan.[6]

Compilations and re-releases edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomberman Collection[7]   1996 Game Boy Japan-only release, compilation of Bomber Boy, Bomberman GB and Bomberman GB2
Bomberman Selection[8]   2003 Game Boy Color Korea-only release, compilation of Bomber Boy and Bomberman GB2
Bomberman Collection Vol. 2   2004 PC Japan-only release, compilation of the SNES Super Bomberman 1–3 and PlayStation Bomberman Party Edition[9][10]

Spin-offs edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Bomber King / RoboWarrior   1987
  1988
  1989		 Famicom/NES, MSX Released outside Japan under the name RoboWarrior; Bomberman-like progressive adventure game
Bomber King: Scenario 2 / Blaster Master Boy/Jr.    1991
  1992		 Game Boy Sequel to Bomber King; slightly altered and released by Sunsoft in America and PAL regions under the Blaster Master license
Bomberman: Panic Bomber   1994
  1995		 PC Engine CD, Neo Geo, Super Famicom, NEC PC-9821, FM Towns, X68000, Virtual Boy, PlayStation Portable Puzzle game, similar to Puyo Puyo and Tetris; all versions except for Neo Geo and Virtual Boy are Japan-exclusive; the original PC-Engine CD version is available for North America and Europe through Wii U Virtual Console (albeit untranslated)
Bomberman B-Daman [ja]   1996 Super Famicom Based on the Japanese marble shooting toy B-Daman.
Bomberman Wars   1998 PlayStation, Saturn Japan-only release; tactical role-playing game (TRPG)
Bomberman Fantasy Race   1998
  1999
  2000		 PlayStation Racing game
Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden: The Road to Victory   1999 Game Boy Color Japan-only release; based on the anime series, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden, role-playing game
Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V: Final Mega Tune   2000 Game Boy Color Japan-only release; based on the anime series, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V, role-playing game
Bomberman Kart   2001
  2003		 PlayStation 2 Released in Japan and PAL regions only; kart racing game
Bomberman Jetters: Game Collection   2003 Game Boy Advance Japan-only release; based on the Bomberman Jetters anime series.
DreamMix TV World Fighters   2003 GameCube, PlayStation 2 Released in Japan only; crossover fighting game featuring Bomberman as a playable character.
Bomberman Battles / Bomberman Hardball   2004
  2005		 PlayStation 2 Released in Japan and PAL regions only; sports and party game
Bomberman: Act Zero     2006 Xbox 360 Realistic re-envisioning of the character.
Bomberman: Disney Stitch Edition   2010 Mobile phone A Bomberman game based on the Lilo & Stitch anime spin-off series Stitch! that features the titular alien replacing Bomberman[11][12][13]
Bombergirl 2018 Arcade An arcade spinoff.
Amazing Bomberman 2022 iOS Rhythm action spinoff.[14]

Cancelled games edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Dyna Blaster   1991 (C64)
  1992 (Lynx)		 Atari Lynx, Commodore 64 C64 port was 70% complete prior to discontinuation of development.[15][16] Atari Lynx version was listed on April 2, 2007, at the Retro Isle.[17] No prototype of each version has surfaced.
Bomberman Legends    1995 Atari Jaguar It was an exclusive entry of the franchise that was being developed for the Atari Jaguar by Genetic Fantasia and planned to be published by Atari Corporation with the license from Hudson Soft.
Virtual Bomberman[a]   1996 Virtual Boy It was an exclusive entry of the franchise that was being developed and planned to be published by Hudson Soft for the Virtual Boy. It was shown in Hudson's booth on Famicom Space World '95 but its release date was postponed multiple times until it was cancelled in 1996 due to the system's lack of success on the market, but many of its gameplay elements that were planned to be introduced can be seen in Bomberman World, which was released 2 years later. A flyer and a keshi mini figure of the villain God Bomber exists. A prototype from the Famicom Space World '95 show exist but no traces of it has been found.[18][19][20][21][22]
Bomberman[b]     2011 Nintendo 3DS Working title. It was an exclusive entry of the franchise that was being developed for the Nintendo 3DS. It was the last title in the series to be developed by Hudson Soft before merging with Konami in 2011.

Clones edit

Title Year Platform Notes
Exvania   1992 Arcade Developed by Namco.
XBlast 1993 PC (Windows) and UNIX/Linux XBlast is a multiplayer version released under the GNU General Public License by Marc Oliver Vogel for Windows and X11R5/R6.[23][24]
Penguin Tower   1994 Commodore 64 Developed by Problemchild Productions. 2-player simultaneous support. Released on October's 1994 issue of Commodore Format.[25]
Mega Blast  1995 Amiga, DOS Developed by LK Avalon.
Dstroy   1995 MS-DOS Developed by Fully Bugged Software.
Spark World   1995 Super Famicom Developed by Den'Z.
Taiketsu! Rooms[c]   1995 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation 4-player multitap support.[26]
The Perfect General   1996 3DO A mini-game of a similar style is included as a free bonus only on the 3DO version.[27]
Bomberman 2 1997 MSX Not to be confused with the 1991 title of the same name. Developed by Paragon Productions, it was designed similar to Super Bomberman 2. Released as freeware in 2011.[28]
TNT Terry   1998 Atari Lynx Developed by Laurens Simonis and Yiri T. Kohl. It was announced in 1998, with plans to include a single-player mode and a level editor alongside the multiplayer mode, among other features, with plans to support up to 6-player via link cable. It was showcased on JagFest '98 and World of Atari 1998 Show. Development was abruptly stopped between 1998 and 1999 for unknown reasons before nearing completion, and it has not been released on any form by the authors. Only 3 prototypes are known to exist in the hands of collectors.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Bakudanjin 1999 Apple Macintosh An arcade-style game with the same game mechanic as Bomberman but with different game modes and original characters.[36]
Mr.Boom   1999
2017 (RetroArch)		 MS-DOS, RetroArch Freeware network compatible Bomberman clone originally.[37]
TNT   2008 Atari Jaguar Developed by The Removers. It was showcased at the Atari Connexion 2008 event hosted by Retro-gaming Connexion. Not released yet. 8-player multitap support.[38][39]
PopTag! 2009 PC (Windows) Released by Crazy Arcade; Nexon America runs a global version, almost exactly the same as Bomberman and is an MMO.
Bomberland   2013 Commodore 64 Developed by Samar Productions and published by RGCD. 5-player support (keyboard and 4-player adapter needed). It was released as a free download on February 12, 2018.[40][41]
Basement Crawl 2014 PlayStation 4 Developed and published by Bloober Team.
BomberMan 2014 Windows Phone Bomberman-inspired game by independent developer.[42]
Dynablaster Revenge    2014 Windows, Linux, MacOS Developed by Titan/Haujobb. Supports up to 10 players, network support and comes with 3 different worlds. Source code is available on GitHub.[43] The game is free and can be downloaded either on GitHub or on [44] itch.io. Dynablaster Revenge comes for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
KABOOM! 2015 Apple IIGS Developed and published by Ninjaforce. 4-player support.[45]
Alice Dreams Tournament 2016 Dreamcast Funded via Kickstarter in 2015.[46]
Robee Blaster   2017 ColecoVision Developed by Jean-Michel Girard and published by CollectorVision, it is designed similar to Bomberman II.[47]
ESDBomber   2018 Windows, Linux Cross platform multiplayer bomberman clone, developed by students of the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg.[48]
Bomber Games 2020 Windows Up to 8 local layers, new mechanics, level editor.[49]
Mr. Bomber 2023 Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows Classic bomberman for modern platforms.[50]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Virtual Bomberman (バーチャル ボンバーマン, Bācharu Bonbāman)
  2. ^ Bomberman 3DS (ボンバーマン 3DS, Bonbāman 3DS)
  3. ^ Taiketsu! Rooms (対決るみーず!, Taiketsu! Rumiizu)

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