Mega Bomberman

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Mega Bomberman

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Hudson Soft

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Sound driver: Westone/Shinichi Sakamoto

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play, Team Player

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-03^[1]	$?	1573
US (Mega Hit)	1997-09	$19.99	?
UK	1994-11^[2]^[3]	£34.99^[2]^[3]	1573-50
FR	1994	?F	1573-50
DE	1994	DM 119	1573-50
ES	1994	?Ptas	1573-50
PT	1994	?PTE$	MDJ1573
AU	1994	$89.95^[4]	?
BR	1995-05	R$?	048130
AS	199x	?	?
KR	199x	₩?	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

ES print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Consoles + (FR)	94	№35, p112/113^[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	91	№156, p81^[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)	65
GamesMaster (UK)	87	№23, p62^[6]
No results	91	№67
Games World (UK)	92	№7, p14
Joypad (FR)	84	№34, p92/93^[7]
Mega (UK)	87	№26, p54-57
Mega Fun (DE)	85
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	94	№25, p16-20^[8]
Next Generation (US)	60	№3, p98, 101^[9]
Player One (FR)	97	№45, p44-46
Sega Power (UK)	75	№61, p52-54
Sega Pro (UK)	90	№39, p54/55
Supersonic (FR)	92	№25, p44-46^[10]

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Based on 15 reviews

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, US (Mega Hit Series)
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Mega Drive, EU
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Technical information

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SHA-1	89495a8acbcb0ddcadfe5b7bada50f4d9efd0ddd

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1994-12

Cartridge (US)

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SHA-1	01f76e2f719bdae5f21ff0e5a1ac1262c2def279

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