/vr/ - Retro Games

Super Bomberman.

My favorite is Saturn Bomberman
partially because it has up to 8 players

Don't know. There's elements and features in each one that I like. Plus we've jumped around between them enough that I don't remember what belongs to what game.

Saturn Bomberman
This is not even up for discussion

Saturn. But if you can't get that, then Super bomberman is the next best one.

Atomic Bomberman

Only because I played it with a bunch of kids in my neighborhood all huddled around a computer screen

Saturn Bomberman and Bomberman 94 are my favorites.

>>668058

Super Bomberman rankings:

2 > 3 > 5 > 4 > 1

>>668198

Actually, there are several bomberman for the Saturn...

I love Bomberman online for the dreamcast... there are so many modes! Plus I had the chance to play the game for a while before the servers were shut down...

pls based janitor, I know it's DC but... ;_;

>>668525
Whats wrong with DC? It was released in 98, so its within the limits of the board's definition of retro

>>668537

I don't know, last time I checked the DC question caused a huge controversity. Which I don't want to start again here, /q/ is there for people to complain.

The original

This.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnyAYcdxYo

I've actually been playing through the series' one players modes recently because I was curious how a one player port of an MSX game with borrowed Lode Runner graphics become mainly a multiplayer game with the occasional RPG or adventure game.

Going on to '94/Mega next (Skipping 3D because as far as I can tell no-one's made a ROM of it), '93 or Bomberboy (The first GB one that has a different non-Bomberman related title in ever other region) are the best. Super still has the best mulitplayer so far.

>>668525
>>668537
>>668542

Just report shitposters. Janitors and mods do a fine job. I was in a couple DC generals threads when shitposter came in trying to dictate policy. Report them and they'll get knocked out in a couple hours.

By experience, DC is safe to discuss.

Super Bomberman 2 with four players. CPU wins.

>Super Bomberman 2 with the 5656 password active
>Saturn Bomberman
>Wario Blast featuring Bomberman
>Bomberman Blast on the Wii

These are the only correct answers.

one of my highly favorite bomberman games is Mega Bomberman for the sega genesis. its got really good multiplayer, good single player mode, and the addition of the space kangaroo things and each have their own abilities, and gives you an extra hit. The levels and music are good too.

>>668030
UUYFWNUT

>Super Bomberman 1: JP and US only
>Super Bomberman 2: JP, US and EU
>Super Bomberman 3: JP and EU only
>Super Bomberman 4 and 5: JP only

Christ, so many great games most of the globe missed out on.

Saturn Bomberman for the classic Bomberman experience.

Do we count N64 as retro? If we do then definitely Bomberman 64 that game is incredibly fun.

>>669052
>Super Bomberman 1: JP and US only
Pretty sure I was just playing it on my standard PAL SNES two days ago.

>>669108
Of course it's retro, and I agree. Bomberman 64 is the best Bomberman and one of the best N64 games I've played.

>>668515

But only was called "Saturn Bomberman". The others also weren't released in the West. One (Saturn Bomberman Fight!!) is isometric classic Bomberman and the other one (Bomberman Wars) is a primarily singleplayer strategy game. They're okay. Nothing like Saturn Bomberman though.

super bomberman 2 on dreamsnes so you have an excuse to bust out the 4 controller dreamcast titles *cough*bleemed rakugaki*cough*


then when you're done messing around, you play powerstone 2

I was going to ask what made Saturn Bomberman so good, but then I saw that fucking dinosaur, and knew I needed it inside me. Time to fire up SSF.

I know you guys are probably sick of requests, but I really want a Bomberman SFC game. Which is the best for singleplayer and which is the best for multiplayer?

Super Bomberman 2 and Bomberman 64 just for the music alone.

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack is by far my favorite, yet no one seems to have played it.

Also, that goddamn soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avZ2ViM9LuA

Bomberman 64 is pretty good and so is Saturn but I never played it

>>670021
>670021
I read that you can have like 32 players on it

>>668030
Atomic Bomberman and Saturn Bomberman.
Both because they can be played with 10 players.

Mega Bomberman is the one I grew up with. I like the kangaroo things and the different guys you can get in multiplayer.
Cool game

Why do some people here seem to prefer Super 2 over the latter games in the Super series? Aren't they all just incremental improvements of each other?

>>671160
Super Bomberman 3 actually removed a lot of the things added in 1 and 2 and went back to literal basics. Including single-screen box arenas for singleplayer mode rather than the actual maps of 2. 4 and 5 followed suite.

>>671160
I don't.
I like 3 and 4 the most.
And 5 is the one that I hate the most, they fucked up the normal game, and even the battle game lost the appeal with those shitty characters.

>>671191
>shitty characters

I know you're not referring to Dave Bomber and Gary Bomber.

>>671178
Bomberman looks so out of place in the Super Bomberman 1 and SBM2 based-zones of SBM5 it isn't even funny.

>>671000
I don't know why you don't consider Act Zero to be close to the "original concept" there. Shit lots of levels that you have to do in one go, a robot trying to escape the planet of its creation to become human, muscular humanoid character design.

The "original concept" is Bomberman as a human farmer anyway.
>>668575

>>668537
It may have released in '98, but it's considered a 6th Gen console, competing with GameCube, PS2, and XBox. That puts it outside the limits of the board's definition.

I don't care either way, personally.

Hate to provide a lack of detail here, but I first played Bomberman when I rented it for the Playstation. Which Playstation Bomberman title had you start off in a jungle?

Bomberman '94.

Cute graphics, great music, just the right mix of additional mechanics, and just the right number of max players (5)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RPoYv22CI

>>671191
I don't even understand 5's boss battles.
The entire premise of the game is that some mysterious figure released enemies Bomberman has defeated before and even recreated past environments (from the other Super Bomberman games) but when it comes time to fight these enemies, they're completely new characters.

>>671248
Because it was a bad game
Also Bomberman is Lode Runner

>>671327
It being bad doesn't change the fact that people disregard the game without playing it themselves just because it doesn't fit into what "Bomberman" looks like for them, despite hopping onto the series mid way.

>>671000
>Bomberman's face in Jetters

>>671373
it's like someone described Bomberman's face to someone over the telephone and had them draw it without ever seeing it

or someone only saw bomberman once in their life and then tried to draw it from memory

if I wanted to be cruel I'd say it's like some kind of bootleg Bomberman painted on the side of a sketchy daycare center or ice cream truck

>>671401
They made it more appealing to kids and easier to animate, I don't see the problem.

>>670972

If Regulus hadn't mysteriously disappeared and been replaced with that MAX guy as Bomberman's rival, I'd probably still be playing the series. It's too bad really...

that crushing feeling when hudsonsoft is defunct

>>668515
Saturn Bomberman is the name of a specific Bomberman game. Also the only one released in America. But yes I know about Saturn Bomberman Fight! And that strategy game.

Bomberman on the 360.

>>670972
It wasn't sold in europe, many people never even knew there was a sequel.

Blew my mind when I found out about it.

>>675268
I never beat this, it got hard as fuck ><

Bomberman Hero was such a great game.

>>671212
Those two were real cool. I also liked the dog and the pirate.

>>671485
>easier to animate
He can't get any easier to animate, he's like Kirby. First you draw a circle, then you dot the eyes. Add a great big pom-pom and presto! It's Bomberman!

Pocket Bomberman was my first GBC game, so I have very fond memories of it. One of the N64 ones was really good too, but I can't remember which one it was. It was the one with the space station world hub thing razing the town with laser beams in the opening cutscene.

I had so much fun fucking with the Gameshark on that game.

Only one I've really got in to was Mega Bomberman/Bomberman '94.

Fucking awesome game.

>>677570
His typical design has small limbs often with no joints, Jetters' design elongated them to make it easier to put him in more approximate human poses, thus easier and quicker to animate.

>>671291
Was waiting for someone to say this. PC Engine Bomberman is the SHIZ-NIT!!!!!!!

Saturn Bomberman definitely, but the Super Bombermans on SNES were pretty awesome too

How much does everyone here really like the single player modes of Bomberman games? Like I really enjoy the single player modes in Saturn Bomberman and Bomberman 94.

>>679815

A lot. Bomberman is the most chill game ever, single mode or multiplayer. If Hudson came back and released their golden titles on 3DS they would make a killing. I'm sure of it.

Imagine if there were a Bomberman game on the Wii U to tide things over while Nintendo gets their shit together. Nice, sweet, thanks. Bonk was even supposed to have a new game but they ceased operation before it came out as well as Bomberman Battlefest for Wii in 2011.

>>678054
The SNES bombermans are probably the weakest of the bunch

>>679875
>tfw Hudson had a 3DS Bomberman in development but it was cancelled after the merge with Konami

>>679912
No.

Did anyone play the DOS version? It was called Dyna Blaster in Europe.
I think it was ported from one of the console games but I can't remember which one.

I like how everyone is screaming the name of the one they sunk the most time into during their childhood, rather than giving reasons why that version is superior.

SBM3: Mexibomber, minecarts, jellybombs

>>680328

Okay, Super 2 had great music and level design and I much prefer the artstyle over the later installments.

>>680315
I played Dyna Blaster on the Amiga back in the day. As far as I remember it was very basic, probably one of the first Bomberman games, but it was a long time ago.

>>680315
I did. I was always scared shitless by those ghosts who could walk through bricks

>>680315

It was ported from the first of three Turbografx-16 games, just called "Bomberman".

>>680328
Saturn Bomberman had great levels like Samurai World and Dino World. Oh and the powerup Remote Bomb.

>>668120
Till how many people you were playing at the same time? Personally I was only playing it along with my little brother and my cousin. If only there was a modern Bomberman game for PC with online mode. Is there even a good, unofficial release with active community on online matches? You know, something like Pokemon Online but with Bomberman.

>>671291

This is the same as Mega Bomberman, isn't it? Which version is better?

>>681637

Bomberman 94 is better. Mega Bomberman is actually the watered down version that wasn't done by Hudson but it has some different music that's worth playing for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUF52wRk0i4

>>681637
Bomberman 94 looks way better but if you're a buy fag Mega Bomberman isn't bad or anything.

Bomberman '94 is nice but Super Bomberman 3 or 4 (don't remember which one, maybe both of them) is a bigger upgrade which makes it much better.

One thing that never ceased to impress me with SNES in Japan is that companies (both little and big ones) kept supporting it even with Playstation having conquered the market. Take for example Mega Man & Bass which was released in 1998. And with Bomberman we had Super Bomberman 5 released in 1997, something that explains why it wasn't released in the west. Such a shame, and it's one of the best Bomberman games. Not that it's the first Bomberman game not being released outside Japan.

tonight's the night

Super Bomberman 1 is hilariously easy to break.

Get the bombwalker, wallwalker and denotator plus some fire upgrades and you can destroy the entire level in the period of invincibility at the start just by laying down one bomb, pressing B and then mashing A.

Any other answer besides Saturn Bomberman is simply wrong.

This thread made me go and marathon the Super Bomberman series again.

>done with SB1 in 45 and SB2 in 30 minutes

Welp, I remember these games being longer...

>>671373
The show was actually fantastic, the tie-in game not so much.

What was that RPG for Bomberman called? I had one ages ago for old Gameboy

>>690674

The first Game Boy one?
Bomber Boy in Japan
Atomic Punk in America
Dynablaster in Europe

W-which is a good one for singleplayer?

Wario Blast is the one I have the most fond memories of, followed by the Bomberman for N64 (I can't remember which exactly), but for mechanics I think the best one I played was Super Bomberman 2

Top 5:

Saturn Bomberman
Mega Bomberman
Super Bomberman
Bomberman 64
Saturn Bomberman Fight!!

What's gonna happen to the poor Bomber now that Hudson is gone for real?

Konami is just squatting over those old franchises and not doing shit with them, they even cancelled the 3DS Bomberman.

Mega Bomberman was a pretty good port of '94, but I do prefer the original along with '93. Super Bomberman 2/3 and Saturn Bomberman are also really good.

>>690882
Here is the PCE version ('94)

>>690890
And here is the Genesis version (Mega)

Mega is overall a bit darker, but did lose a lot of the background animations in the porting process.

>>690882
Mega Bomberman didn't had Louies, right?

>>690912
It did, since Mega is a pretty faithful port in functionality.

As for gameplay, it did lose the 5-player mode, and got a 4-player mode instead. Also, Mega has more slowdown.

One thing Mega added was the rocket-shooting penguins in the ice level, but that's it.

Since barely anybody in the west owns a PC Engine, Mega is a pretty good alternative. However, if you do own a PCE, you owe it to yourself to get '94, which isn't too expensive.

Also, '93 never got ported anywhere, and is a highlight in the series. This game did get an american release on the Turbografx-16.

>>674176
>Regulus will never return
I was so sad when I found out that he never appeared in any game since.
And they hyped him up to return as a reoccurring character.

Which is the one where you fight the giant crab thing?

>>690975
Mega/'94

>>690986

I remember it being hard as hell as a kid.

My first Bomberman was some isometric one of the PSX...it was kinda of boring if I recall.

>>690929
What about '93 makes it a highlight of the series? I haven't spent a lot of time with it but I enjoyed '94 more.

I will never understand why they abandoned the fuckwin art- and sound design of Super Bomberman 2 with the rather simple and generic '93 style in Super Bomberman 3, 4 and 5.

>>690674
Bomberman Quest for the GBC.

>>690802
Saturn Bomberman, Bomberman '94, Bomberman GB, The N64 ones if you're into that kind of thing.

But you ultimately need to get some mooks to play battle mode with.

>>691065

Is there a working Saturn emulator?

>>691060
This is probably the reason why 3, 4 and 5 were never released in the US.

Perhaps the japanese preferred his PCE style? Who knows. For multiplayer, I love both Super 2 and 3, but couldn't get into 4 and 5.

>>691058
Not saying it's superior to '94, as that game only added things that made the game better.

However, '93 did introduce a lot of features to Bomberman(warps, rotating tiles, conveyor belts) and is a great alternative to '94 if you want to play without Rooeys. Also, it has better music.

>>691074
I think they work fine, but for some reason, only the PAL Bomberman seems to boot.

>>691074
I've never tried emulating the Saturn. I'm a big Saturn fag and have a legit copy of Saturn Bomberman that I scored for $30 complete a few years ago. Really glad I did considering what it goes for now. I'm also a big Netlink fag. For the expensive Saturn games....I bought a modchip a few years back when they were just $25. I think they're closer to $35 now...I should buy a back up before they become impossible to find.

Here's some Saturn Bomberman Netlink matches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P26l3XMQcQ


>>691085
Ahh I read highlight as good and not as a landmark point in the series.

I noticed there are some PS1 bomberman's. what are they like?

>>691121
I remember playing Bomberman Party Edition a long time ago.

It was good, but obviously only when it comes to multiplayer.

Circle-face Bomberman or square-face Bomberman?

>CTRL+F
>"Bomberman Hero"
>0 results

I remember getting a "Bomberman Collection Vol. 1" that had Turbografx-16 Bomberman, Bomberman '93, and Bomberman World.

I still have it actually.

>>691121

I played a lot of Bomberman Fantasy Race at the local video rental where you could play PS1 games for 1€ an hour.

It's like Mario Kart with kangaroos and bombs.

>mfw i never played a regular bomberman game in my entire life

played the shit out of bomberman fantasy race though
great game

>>691414

Go and play Super Bomberman 2 or Bomberman '94 right now.

>>691174

Rounded square Bomberman.

Wario Blast is good

Umm so, Bomberman and his friends are all robots, or are they humans?

>>691437
>Bomberman
>consistent lore

>>691437
I thought they were cyborgs.

So, which one would you guys suggest I emulate for multiplayer when I get a couple of friends over? Don't mind if it's one of the non-english one but Saturn is right out (tried emulating it with two emulators, didn't work on this shitty comp)

>>691437
>Umm so, Bomberman and his friends are all robots, or are they humans?

Yes.

>>691496
I'd say Party Edition for the ps1.
Many good memories from playing it with friends in the past.

>>691496
Bomberman '94(PC Engine) or Super Bomberman 2(SNES) are both great classic Bomberman games, which should work without a problem on emulators.

>>691121
I think the isometric one was called Bomberman World and it was "meh

>>691183
Hero was ass compared to Second Attack

>>691582
Hero was hardly a bomberman game. It didn't even have multiplayer if I remember correctly.

It was pretty much just a platformer where you throw bombs. Yeah.

I still thought it was kinda fun though.

>>691636

It had fucking awesome music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23H0sGxhQGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMUIfXyhhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4FrNo4l-M

The TG16/PC Engine Bombermen.

I mean come on, it's a Hudson game on a Hudson system after all. The quality and care for those games was top notch.crimesoh the

Also dat music. I love the Arabesque flair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcUPpMHPGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurdakLKsDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t80SrX-nXk

>>691496
I run most of my emulators off of an original Xbox and used Bomberman 94 to convert all of my friends into Bombermam fans. The Xbox emulator lets you speed up the emulator when you hold the right trigger. We all enjoy extreme speed mode. There's a stage with a special feature of extreme speed so boosting the emulator on that stage with the green Rooie whose special ability is dashing fast is wicked fun.

>>691437
Human farmer
Robot
Treasure hunting human who used to be a robot

Depending on the day.

>>671031
Gonna have to agree with Atomic Bomberman. Had a great redesign of the suits, fantastic musical score, and funny as hell voice clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yvhx1q-Xb8

Also think Bomberman Party Edition is worth a mention. Great selection of characters

>>692693
I've never seen those figures before, they look amazing.

Is there some sort of fansite that catalogs all the merchandise? I've been looking for something of standard white Bomberman for about a month, and I'd resigned into just getting one of the marble shooting ones whenever I find one, but if there is actually correct design toys out there-

I've got some cool Bomberman shit.

>>693592
That's a piggy bank I got at some gay animu convention.

An here are some figures I got on eBay a few months ago.

Holy shit I just played 93 and 94 for the first time and 80% of Super Bomberman 3 is lifted straight out of those games. No wonder they didn't bother releasing it in the US.

>>692693
If someone remade Atomic, the first thing they would need to do is add graphics that look like they were made by an actual artist.

After marathoning the whole Super Bomberman series I can say these things about it:

1 is alright. Not a huge improvement over the NES games. Aesthetics and sound are kind of weird and not very Bomberman-like in a way.

2 is fucking great. Some of the best level design, THE best music and nice graphics in addition to balanced gameplay.

3 is a step down from 2. It's alright on its own but rehashes SO MUCH from the Turbografx-16 games, it's almost not worth playing if you played those.

4 feels like it was made in one afternoon. I don't know what Hudson was thinking when they made this.

5 is surprisingly good and very lengthy, but the level progression is weird and confusing. Graphics and sound are a definite step up from 4.

I didn't have a chance to try the multiplayer, so the above is singleplayer only.

>>693604
>>693592

I can't hold all my jelly.
Those are neat

>>696624
The piggy bank came complete in box. Paid $20 for it. The four figures also cost $20 shipped. I'm also the faggot that posted the black Bomberman tattoo early in the thread. I fucking love Bomberman.

>>696617
> 4 feels like it was made in one afternoon. I don't know what Hudson was thinking when they made this.

This game is a masterpiece.

What I'd like to know is why is Bomberman II on the NES so God damn expensive? :(

>>696617
Agree. But when it comes to multiplayer, 5 is definitely the best, 3 is second. Unfortunately, some maps are shitty and almost unplayable, but the rest is really fun.

>>696617
One thing I like about 3 is how they added the simple colored Rooeys from '94, but added a jump for the pink one instead of the dance. It's a great alternative if you don't have access to a TG-16/PCE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjf_o1Sb-jw
Aaaaaaaah...Good, old ASSEMbler...

>>701357
I wish there was more Bomberman merchandise to waste my money on. No I don't want those B Damaan figures.

>>691396

Let me guess, you're from one of the former Yugoslavian countries?