Mega Bomberman

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Mega Bomberman

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Hudson Soft

Sound driver: Westone/Shinichi Sakamoto

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play, Team Player

Genre: Action

Release	Date	RRP	Code

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Tectoy

Mega Bomberman is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Hudson Soft. Though marketed as a Mega Drive exclusive, it is actually a port of the TurbografX-16 title Bomberman '94 which was not released outside of Japan. Mega Bomberman was 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 TurbografX-16.

Though well received at the time of release, the TurbografX-16 version, Bomberman '94 has much brighter graphics with more animation, which considering the TurbografX has weaker hardware, means that Mega Bomberman is a fairly poor conversion. Mega Bomberman was ultimately more successful than Bomberman '94 as it was not restricted to Japan.

A proof-of-concept build was released onto the internet which suggests that Hudson originally commissioned German developer Factor 5 (best known for the Turrican series) 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.

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

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]

	82
Based on 28 reviews

Mega Bomberman

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (Mega Hit Series)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, South Korea

Cart

Bomberman games for Sega systems
	Bomberman Special (198x)
	Bomber Man (1988)
	Mega Bomberman (1994) \| Mega Bomberman: Special 8 Player Demo (unreleased)
	Saturn Bomberman (XBAND) (1996) \| Saturn Bomberman Fight!! (1997) \| Bomberman Wars (1998)
	Bomberman Online (2001)

↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 81
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 331
↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 62
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 5" (1994-10-18, 24:00) (+7:50)
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 58
↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 54
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 104
↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 73
↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 16
↑ Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 100
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 106
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, November 26, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-26), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 54
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 113
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 100
↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[1] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p112-2] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 112

[:File:CVG_UK_156.pdf_p81-3] Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 81

[:File:EGM_US_067.pdf_p32-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32

[5] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 331

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p40-6] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p62-7] GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 62

[gamesmastertv4x05750-8] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 5" (1994-10-18, 24:00) (+7:50)

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p14-9] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p92-10] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-11.pdf_p58-11] MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 58

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p54-12] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 54

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p104-13] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-11.pdf_p73-14] Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 73

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0601.pdf_p47-15] Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p16-16] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 16

[:File:NextGeneration_US_03.pdf_p100-17] Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 100

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p44-18] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p106-19] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 106

[20] Power Up!, "Saturday, November 26, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-26), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p52-21] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p54-22] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 54

[:File:Supersonic_FR_25.pdf_p44-23] 23.0 ^23.1 Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:TodoSega_ES_19.pdf_p52-24] 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

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p100-26] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 100

[:File:VideoGames_US_77.pdf_p92-27] VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

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