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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

















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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 Nintendo and the three released on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.

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.

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.

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.

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

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 №35, p112/113
65
87 №23, p62
84 №34, p92/93
87 №26, p54/55/56/57
85
94 №25, p16/17/18/19/20
97 №45, p44/45/46
90 №39, p54/55
92 №25, p44/45/46
Sega Mega Drive
 88
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[1]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
94
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
91
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
65
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[6]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
87
[7]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
91
[8]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[9]
Joypad (FR) PAL
84
[10]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
88
[11]
Mega (UK) PAL
87
[12]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
78
[13]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
85
[14]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
87
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
94
[16]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[17]
Player One (FR)
97
[18]
Play Time (DE) PAL
85
[19]
Power Up! (UK)
86
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
58
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[22]
Supersonic (FR) PAL
92
[23]
Supersonic (FR)
92
[23]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[24]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
88
[25]
Video Games (DE) PAL
64
[26]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[27]
Sega Mega Drive
 82
Based on
28 reviews

Mega Bomberman

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, US (Mega Hit Series)
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, BR
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Mega Drive, KR
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Mega Drive, Asia
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Bomberman games for Sega systems
SG-1000
 Bomberman Special (198x)
Sega Master System
 Bomber Man (1988)
Sega Mega Drive
 Mega Bomberman (1994) | Mega Bomberman: Special 8 Player Demo (unreleased)
Sega Saturn
 Saturn Bomberman (XBAND) (1996) | Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (1997) | Bomberman Wars (1998)
Sega Dreamcast
 Bomberman Online (2001)
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127
  2. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 112
  3. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 81
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
  5. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 331
  6. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  7. ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 62
  8. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 5" (1994-10-18, 24:00) (+7:50)
  9. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  11. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 58
  12. ↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 54
  13. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 104
  14. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 73
  15. ↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
  16. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 16
  17. ↑ Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 100
  18. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
  19. ↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 106
  20. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, November 26, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-26), page 1
  21. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 52
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 54
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
  24. ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
  25. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 113
  26. ↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 100
  27. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
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