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Bomberman Series

Bomberman

Strategy Arcade Action Science fiction
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User Score
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December 20, 1985
Released 14737 days ago
Family Computer Disk System Family Computer Nintendo Entertainment System

About

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 day, he heard an encouraging rumor. According to the rumor, any robot that could escape the underground compound and make it to the surface could become human. Bomberman leaped at the opportunity, but escape proved to be no small task. Alerted to Bomberman's betrayal, large numbers of the enemy set out in pursuit. Bomberman can rely only on bombs of his own production for his defense. Will he ever make it up to the surface? Once there, will he really become human?

Storyline

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".

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Release Dates by Platform

Family Computer Worldwide
Dec 20, 1985
Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Jan 1, 1989
Family Computer Disk System Worldwide
Apr 2, 1990

Game Info

Developer
Hudson Soft
Publisher
Hudson Soft
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Strategy Arcade
Themes
Action Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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