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Mega Bomberman
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: Westone/Shinichi Sakamoto
Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play, Team Player
Genre: Action































Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US		 $? 1573
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Mega Hit)		 $19.99[2] ?
Sega Mega Drive
UK		 £34.99No results[3][4] 1573-50
Sega Mega Drive
FR		 ?F 1573-50
Sega Mega Drive
DE		 DM 119 1573-50
Sega Mega Drive
ES		 ?Ptas 1573-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT		 ?PTE$ MDJ1573
Sega Mega Drive
AU		 $89.95[6] ?
Sega Mega Drive
BR		 R$? 048130
Sega Mega Drive
AS		 ? ?
Sega Mega Drive
KR		 ₩? GM94020JT



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Mega Bomberman is a Bomberman video game released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994 by Hudson Soft. Though marketed as a Mega Drive exclusive, Mega Bomberman is derived from the 1993 PC Engine title Bomberman '94, which was not released outside of Japan.

Mega Bomberman is the only "traditional" Bomberman game to be released on the Mega Drive, compared to the five released on the Super Famicom/Super NES and the three released on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.

Gameplay

Mega Bomberman is a typical Bomberman game with both single player and four-player multiplayer modes. Though well received at the time of release, it is considered to be a relatively poor conversion of the game, as Bomberman '94, despite supposedly running on inferior hardware, supports up to five players and features brighter graphics with more animation. Mega Bomberman also features a slightly altered soundtrack, possibly to appeal more to overseas markets.

History

Development

A proof-of-concept build was released onto the internet which suggests that Hudson originally commissioned German developer Factor 5 to originally develop the game. This build contains an eight-player battle game (something that would not be seen until many years later), but despite Hudson reportedly being impressed with the demo, they decided to scrap the project and focus on porting Bomberman '94 over to Sega's console.

Legacy

Mega Bomberman was ultimately more successful than Bomberman '94 as it was not restricted to Japan. It was re-released as part of the Mega Hit Series in North America.

Versions

The Mega Drive port has darker colors and lacks details (including the river's animation) in comparison to the PC Engine release it is based on (Bomberman '94).

Production credits

  • Programers: Yuichi Ito, Hideo Iwakawa, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Graphic Designers: Takuya Aoyama, Yuji Iwahara, Tomomi Tada
  • Sound Programers: Hajime Ohara, Takashi Morio
  • Special Thanks: Kesuke Matsuura
  • Music Composer: Jun Chiki Chikuma
  • Art Director: Shoji Mizuno
  • Producer: Hiroki Shimada
  • Supervisor: Toshiki Fujiwara
  • Director: Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi
  • Basic Game Designer: Shinichi Nakamoto
  • Presented by: Hudson Soft
Source: In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Bomberman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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ES print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 [7]
91 [4]
65
87 [8]
91 №67
92 №7, p14
84 [9]
87 №26, p54-57
85
94 [10]
60 [11]
97 №45, p44-46
75 №61, p52-54
90 №39, p54/55
92 [12]
Sega Mega Drive
 86
Based on
15 reviews

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, US (Mega Hit Series)
MegaBomberman MD US Box MHS.JPG
Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, Asia
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 4bd6667d
MD5 514f6cad98f5f632d680983a050fffc4
SHA-1 89495a8acbcb0ddcadfe5b7bada50f4d9efd0ddd
1MB 1994-12 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 54ab3beb
MD5 5a94b1e8792bb3572db92c2019d99377
SHA-1 01f76e2f719bdae5f21ff0e5a1ac1262c2def279
1MB 1994-12 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1994 Special 8-Player Demo Page

References

  1. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 11
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Press release: 1997-06-19: BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND -- SEGA RELAUNCHES GENESIS GAMES AT VALUE PRICES
  3. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 84
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 81
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 84
  6. ↑ Sega Megazone, "January 1995" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 20
  7. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 112/113 (112)
  8. ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 62
  9. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 92/93 (92)
  10. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 16-20 (16)
  11. ↑ Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 98/101 (102)
  12. ↑ Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 44-46 (44)
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Prereleases: Special 8-Player Demo

Bomberman games for Sega systems
SG-1000
 Bomberman Special (198x)
Sega Mega Drive
 Mega Bomberman (1994) | Mega Bomberman: Special 8 Player Demo (unreleased)
Sega Saturn
 Saturn Bomberman (1996) | Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (1997) | Bomberman Wars (1998)
Sega Dreamcast
 Bomberman Online (2001)
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