Year: 1994
Genre: Party
Players: 1-4
Rating: 9/10
Mini Review
Hudson Soft have a long running series in the Bomberman franchise. The game has long lasting appeal based around the notion that blowing up your friends is fun (and it is). The basics of Bomberman are that you can place a bomb to blow up a destructible block from the level. Under the block you may discover a power up such an extra bomb, upgraded fire power, throwing glove, remote detonation bombs, kick ability, push ability or even line bombs.
The one player version can become rather dull as there really is no deep planning to your strategy, it’s simply a case of mining your way to the exit. However the multi player version is fantastic. You will find yourself scrambling for power ups, trying to trick your opponents in to dead ends, give them disease power ups, steal their Louies (mountable creatures with special attributes) and maybe even steal their joy pad. Once a player is blown up his/her collected power ups will re-disperse across the level to be collected by the remaining bombers. Vs battles usually end with two super equipped bombers laying line after line of super powered bombs.
This version of the game has some nice additional detail such as being able to select different versions of Bombermen including midgets, miners, policemen, robots and more. Mega Bomberman is one of the better versions of the franchise and I can highly recommend for evenings in with friends.
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