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Bomberman [PC Engine]
ボンバーマン [PCエンジン版]
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While the Famicom Bomberman (1985) was a great game for its time, it only scratched the surface of its potential. It's amazing to think that it
took Hudson almost five years to come up with an update.
It was worth the wait though: the
PC Engine Bomberman is nothing short of a masterpiece. Every single aspect of the game has been tweaked to
absolute perfection.
The 'Normal Game' is now a colourful and varied password-based adventure that sees our hero
face off against the legions of the evil Black Bomber.
As the game progresses, you can pick up a whole selection
of different icons and power-ups - mostly the same ones
as before, but this time there are numerous other hidden
bonuses; some obvious, some less (see 'Tactics' section
below). It's great fun... After
a half dozen stages or so, you'll be triggering devilish
bomb patterns, and setting the screen alight.
This
one-player game is good, but in truth it really isn't
that special. When it comes down to Bomberman's
ultimate appeal, it’s all about the 'Battle Game'. |
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A 'Battle Game' sees up to 5 players face off against each
other, locked together in mortal combat inside a single-screen
arena. One rule: last man standing wins.
And that's it - there isn't much else to
say about the game save that it's a front-running candidate for the prize of
'Best Videogame Ever'. Hudson made the most out of the
PC Engine's under-used 5-Player adaptor and came up
with a hilariously funny, addictive and downright merciless
versus game.
Tricks, traps, team-ups, promises, lies, double-crossing...
anything goes. A good game of Bomberman will
turn the most kind, generous and friendly of people
into vicious and ruthless killers. Some even subconsciously
resort to inducing pity, mercy, love and/or sympathy
- before blackmailing and coercing you into your doom.
Simply put: if you haven't tried 5-player Bomberman, do it now.
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Bomberman
ボンバーマン
PC ENGINE |
DETAILS
| Format |
PC
Engine |
| Released |
7
Dec 1990 |
| Publisher |
Hudson |
| Product
ID |
HC90036 |
| Size
(cm) |
14.2
x 12.4 x 1 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.10 |
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Aside
from
Dungeon Explorer (1989)
and Moto
Roader (1989), there wasn't
many reasons to break out the 5-player adaptor until
this baby came along.
The
best multi-player game ever?
Standard PCE case, 2Mbit HuCard,
8-page colour manual. |
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Bomberman Users Battle
ボンバーマン
ユーザーズバトル
PC ENGINE |
DETAILS
| Format |
PC
Engine |
| Released |
1990 |
| Publisher |
Hudson |
| Product
ID |
n/a |
| Size
(cm) |
8.5
x 5.4 x 0.2 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.01 |
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Promotional
HuCard released through the
Hudson Soft Fan Club, featuring
the multi-player 'Battle Game'
only.
Limited to something around
1000 units only, and now
a very sought-after item by
collectors.
2Mbit HuCard in sleeve. |
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DETAILS
| Format |
X68000 |
| Released |
April
1991 |
| Publisher |
System
Soft |
| Product
ID |
? |
| Size
(cm) |
? |
| Weight
(kg) |
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Direct
conversion of the PC Engine
Bomberman for the X68000.
Currently unavailable, and
seemingly quite hard to find
- the picture is from a 'System
Soft Software Catalog'.
More info as it comes!
Unknown packaging, 1 x 5"
floppy disk, manual. |
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'SPECIAL SELECT ROOM'
Play a game, register a hi-score of 300,
and die.
Choose 'End', and wait for the game to go through its demo
mode. When the title screen re-appears, press and hold:
+ Select + I
+ II
Keep holding these buttons - press RUN to
start, RUN again to skip the intro: the menu
will appear.
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'SOUND TEST'
This one is easier: enter 'Password', and input:
BOMSOUND
The password will clear as if it were no good, but then input:
MWFWJQYY
The screen will blank and 'SOUND-00' will appear.
Press I
or II
to select and RUN to play.
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SHUTTLE
(18,800 pts)
Destroy all of a stage's blocks without hitting any
enemies |
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COREGRAFX
(24,800 pts)
This one is easy: stand completely still for 3 minutes
straight |
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SUPERGRAFX
(39,800 pts)
Super-hard: Destroy all the enemies without hitting
any blocks |
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PROFESSOR
(111,110 pts)
Lucky bonus:
If the last block destroyed is the exit block |
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GIRL
(123,450 pts)
Leave 1 enemy alive, stand on the exit with 3:33 left
on the timer |
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SAX
(10,000,000)
Get to the end of the game (Rd 8-7) without losing
any lives |
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'Bomberman' and 'Hudson' are registered trademarks of Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
'PC Engine' and 'NEC' are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation
'X68000' and 'Sharp' are registered trademarks of Sharp Corporation
Bomberman [PC Engine] TM & © 1990 Hudson All Rights Reserved
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