/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2393509]

There are so many traditional Bomberman games, and the differences between them are so subtle. What would you consider to be "the best" of bomberman?

[Anonymous No.2393515]

>>2393509
BM64 and 2nd Attack! right after.

[Anonymous No.2393520]

Not technically retro, but Bomberman DS is probably the best one objectively. Just one cart will allow up to eight people to play at once, and you can still wreck your friend's shit from the sidelines after you die. It uses both screens pretty smartly too.

[Anonymous No.2393524]

64, Super 5. 94, or Saturn.
I can't really choose.

[Anonymous No.2393530]

>>2393520
What's the best bomberman if I have no friends?

[Anonymous No.2393534]

>>2393530
Probably Bomberman 64. I haven't played it since I was a kid, but I keep hearing that it's still pretty good and has a a bigger focus on single-player.

[Anonymous No.2393543]

Saturn Bomberman

[Anonymous No.2393562]

Saturn Bomberman has the best multiplayer by far. The story is also very entertaining (not that you play Bomberman for the story).

[Anonymous No.2393576]

The PS1 games and Tournament.

[Anonymous No.2393635]

94 & jetters

[Anonymous No.2393641]

Mega Bomberman > Saturn Bomberman > Bomberman 64.

64 is kind of a different beast than the 2d ones. I honestly think Bomberman 64 was better with friends who owned the game because of the battle mode and character customization was more fun than the others. As far as 1Player mode its more like an adventure game.

[Anonymous No.2393653]

>>2393509
I'm no expert but Dreamcast's bomberman is bretty gud.

[Anonymous No.2393768]

>>2393641
Isn't Mega Bomberman just a shittier port of Bomberman '94?

Bomberman '94 for the single player mode. Nothing beats Saturn Bomberman for the 10 player madness though. That was fun as hell.

[Anonymous No.2393771]

I had the one for the snes and always really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.2394369]

Super Bomberman 3 was my favorite.

...or was it 4? The one with the penalty kick minigame.

[Anonymous No.2394517]

>>2393530
If you have no friends then you should probably not be looking into the Bomberman series.

[Anonymous No.2394604]

I like Super Bomberman for its inconsistent level design and difficulty spikes. It's weird, feels like a fan mod, but it's still an enjoyable experience if you're used to other Bomberman games, if not just for the shit and giggles.

Super 3, 4 and Saturn Bomberman for a more polished experience.

Anyway, have anyone here finished Super Bomberman 3 via password? Beating the last level without power-ups seems insane, that's some real hardcore shit.

[Anonymous No.2394615]

Super Bomberman 2, probably 'cause nostalgia, that multitap SNES had some friends coming over before going out, never going out and suddenly birds started to chirp again outside.
That didn't stop us from playing though.

[Anonymous No.2394691]

Super 5 definitely

[Anonymous No.2394713]

What about Bomberman hero? My friend used to have it, and I used to play it when I went to his house. From what I remember, seemed like a fun platformer

[Anonymous No.2394839]

What was the max number of players possible in Saturn Bomberman? I remember one of the maps being unbelievably gigantic and allowing more than 8.

[Anonymous No.2394845]

>>2393509
This is something that is pretty bizarre to me. You look at release lists and you see so many bomberman games. SNES and Game Boy had a dozen Bombermans alone IIRC, and there's more where that came from on PCE, N64, Playstation, Saturn, etc.

What I want to know is, how did people keep on buying Bomberman games to support this activity? Did people really buy all of the Super Bomberman games? I know I bought Hero and Second Attack as a kid, and Bomberman DS for portable multiplayer, but after that had difficulty seeing any reason to buy one.

[Anonymous No.2394846]

>>2394839
10 players, it's pretty famous for that. Have fun buying up all the controllers and adapters.

[Anonymous No.2394870]

>>2393509
im fond of the bomberman 2 custom battle on ds but alas, not retro
bomberman 1 on snes has a long ass invincibility time that can be exploited
bomberman 2-3-4 are pretty even in quality with 4 having the most fun battle mode due to being able to use the bosses skills
bomberman 5 was a little weird, levels were done on a random generator, there are over a 100 of them. there's an interesting battle mode where you can buy items and customize your character

[Anonymous No.2394882]

>>2394870
cont.
I think super bomberman 3 was the most popular as that was the last game to come to the US and the only that got ported to turbo grafx and sega genesis
it's also got some of the most interesting level design, in order to proceed you need to destroy these red lamp things, you interact with a lot of objects and you move into subareas.
i think it's the one that got the most solid adventure mode coop right there

[Anonymous No.2394884]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXh7dQRDBY
This looks awesome.

[Anonymous No.2394887]

>>2394604
>bomberman 3 with passwords
if you game over you are taken to world select screen
the 4th world before the last one gives you a heart and a remote control item, it's a better idea to start there and move to the final boss

[Anonymous No.2394924]

>>2394882
>the only that got ported to turbo grafx and sega genesis
But that's wrong. Bomberman 94 for the PC-Engine came first which was then ported (badly) to the Genesis/Mega Drive as Mega Bomberman. Super 3 came 2 years after 94, and could be considered an unofficial sequel of 94, if anything.

[Anonymous No.2394928]

>>2394924
that's interesting, thanks for clarifying
I should have know that the pc engine game came first, what with hudson being their biggest supporter

[Anonymous No.2397051]

Saturn Bomberman, 2nd Attack or Bomberman '94/Mega.
The Zelda-esque games, Quest and Tournament were really fun too.
I also have a sweet spot for Pocket Bomberman for some reason. Sue me.

[Anonymous No.2397059]

>>2394928
the pc engine was hudsons console

[Anonymous No.2397118]

>>2393530
Bomberman 64 1 and 2
Bomberman Hero, also for 64

mainly Bomberman 64 2

they're pretty fucking huge though, like surprisingly long and diverse considering all you ever do is blow shit up with bombs

[Anonymous No.2397126]

Are the PS1 Bomberman games any good? I met a guy who's selling them pretty cheap but don't know if they're worth it.

[Anonymous No.2397146]

>>2393509
The best game in whole series is
Neo Bomberman hands down,or Saturn bomberman if you have friends coming over.

[Anonymous No.2397164]

>>2397126
bomberman party edition (psx) is my favorite bomberman beside bomberman live (dc)

[Anonymous No.2397170]

Like others, I'll have to recommend the three Bomberman games on N64 as standout titles.

Keep in mind most people saying to play Bomberman 64 2 are talking about Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, not the Japan exclusive Bomberman 64 2, which I believe was just a puzzle game similar to Tetris Attack or something.

However, even those three games are all well worth playing, they aren't really representative of the Bomberman franchise. Second Attack probably does the best job at shifting classic bomberman gameplay into a 3D adventure environment but even that is quite different from classic Bomberman.

I don't know enough about all of the grid based Bombermans to tell you which of the classics is the best. I will however recommend Bomberman 2 for the DS. It has a customization aspect which, while incredibly simple, is surprisingly deep and adds a lot to replayability and to being able to complete various challenges by swapping out equipment. Out of the grid based Bomberman games I've played, this one is by far the best for singleplayer.

Beyond that, all I have to say is that if you pick up The Second Attack, you should probably have beaten the first Bomberman 64 beforehand. Also The Second Attack has imo the best multiplayer of the franchise even if it isn't the most representative, none of the other Bomberman games I've played come close to the insanity of TSA multiplayer.

>>2397051
Dude I fucking love Pocket Bomberman. It's such a simple, fun game.

[Anonymous No.2397276]

>>2393509
you just posted best bomberman. this one is my favorite. its got a great single player mode and a great multiplayer mode.

[Anonymous No.2397327]

ATOMIC BOMBERMAN was the shit, brah!

[Anonymous No.2397475]

>>2393576
The kart racer is surprisingly good.

[Anonymous No.2398285]

Saturn bomberman

Honorable mention:
Any of snes versions

[Anonymous No.2398603]

Only Bomberman game I've owned. Wasn't bad.

[Anonymous No.2398641]

>>2398603
>Featuring Bomberman!

[Anonymous No.2398649]

Zach here, Saturn Bomberman is my favorite. Everything about it makes me happeh

[Anonymous No.2398687]

>>2398641

I always thought that was silly, considering it was a Bomberman type game. Really should have been called Bomberman Blast featuring Wario. I guess they were pushing Wario at the time.

[Anonymous No.2399538]

>>2398687
The japanese version was simply a Bomberman game. They randomly added Wario in, probably because it released in the same year of the first Wario Land.

[Anonymous No.2399551]

>>2397059
thought that NEC made it

[Anonymous No.2399564]

>>2398603
wasn't it actually called wario woods?

[Anonymous No.2399585]

>>2399551
It was a collab between NEC and Hudson Soft.
>>2399564
>>2398603
Wario Blast is a western localization of Bomberman GB. Who knows why they put Wario in, but I'm not complaining.

[Anonymous No.2399615]

>>2399585
nevermind, I already looked up Wario's Woods and it turns out it's basically a Wario Tetris game. You bomb blocks away basically

It's just such a cheap move, y'know?
they used the very same title font on the cover with the bombs in the "O" for both of these games. that's why I thought it was the same game just re-named but that's wrong.

[Anonymous No.2400483]

>>2394884
This looks fun as hell. Too bad Dinos don't show up in the max sized map.
Also is there some kind of lag if using 10 players? I saw tons of stupid deaths in that.

[Anonymous No.2400490]

>>2400483
Maybe the screen was too small for all of them to see.

[Anonymous No.2400493]

>>2400490
Well, they are using a projector so the screen was probably adjusted for everyone to see.