Mega Bomberman

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Mega Bomberman
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Hudson Soft
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 1573 US (Mega Hit) 1997-09 $19.9919.99 1573 EU 1994 1573-50 DE 1994 DM 119119 1573-50 PT 1994 MDJ1573 UK 1994-11 £34.9934.99 1573-50 AU 1994 $89.9589.95 BR 1995-05 048130 KR 199x GM94020JT AS 199x

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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 first of five Bomberman video games to be released on a Sega system (second of six if you include the unlicensed Bomberman Special for SG-1000), and 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

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Bomberman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ES print advert

Print advert in Hacker (HR) #6: "05/1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Consoles + (FR) 94 Computer & Video Games (UK) 91 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) 65 GamesMaster (UK) 87 91 №67 Games World: The Magazine (UK) 92 №7, p14 Joypad (FR) 84 Mega (UK) 87 №26, p54-57 Mega Fun (DE) 85 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 94 Next Generation (US) 60 Player One (FR) 97 №45, p44-46 Sega Power (UK) 75 №61, p52-54 Sega Pro (UK) 90 №39, p54/55 Supersonic (FR) 92

	86
Based on 15 reviews

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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, PT
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Mega Drive, BR
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Mega Drive, KR
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Technical information

ROM dump status

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

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Bomberman '94.

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