Bomber Man (1983 video game)

Bomber Man
DeveloperHudson Soft
Publishers
Hudson Soft
ProgrammerYuji Tanaka
SeriesBomberman
Platform
List
Release
July 1983
  • MSX
    • JP: July 1983
    • EU: 1984
    • JP: 1986 (Special version)
    PC-6001 mkII
    PC-8801
    • JP: July 1983
    FM-7
    MZ-700
    MZ-2000
    X1
    ZX Spectrum
GenreMaze[2]
ModeSingle-player

Bomber Man[a] is a maze video game developed and published by Hudson Soft. The original home computer game was released in July 1983 for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001 mkII, Fujitsu FM-7, Sharp MZ-700, Sharp MZ-2000, Sharp X1 and MSX in Japan, and a graphically modified version for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in Europe as Eric and the Floaters.[3]

A sequel, 3-D Bomberman, was produced.[4] Bomber Man was later remade into Bomberman (1985) for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Development

Bomber Man was written in 1980 to serve as a tech demo for Hudson Soft's BASIC compiler.[5] This very basic version of the game was given a small-scale release for Japanese PCs in 1983 and the European PCs the following year.[5] According to Zero magazine, Bomberman adopted gameplay elements from the Coreland/Sega arcade hit Pengo (1982).[6]

The European home computer versions were released as Eric and the Floaters to avoid any association with a series of terrorist bombings carried out by the Irish Republican Army during The Troubles.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 爆弾男, Hepburn: Bakudan Otoko

References

  1. ↑ "Express software from Japan". Popular Computing Weekly. Vol. 3, no. 13. Sunshine Publications. March 29, 1984. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Tajiri, Satoshi; Tomisawa, Akihito (November 15, 1991). "Gameの殿堂" [The Hall of Fame for Games]. Theスーパーファミコン (in Japanese). No. 22. SoftBank Group. pp. 74–75.
  3. ↑ Retro Gamer magazine, issue 66. "From the archives: Hudson Soft", pages 68–73
  4. ↑ Barbato, Steve (March 9, 2022). "3-D Bomberman".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 1 2 "Hudson Soft". Next Generation (3). Imagine Media: 78–81. March 1995.
  6. ↑ Stokes, Doris (December 1991). "Dosh Eaters". Zero. No. 26. United Kingdom: Dennis Publishing. pp. 91–92.
  7. ↑ Hawken, Kieren (February 27, 2019). The A-Z of MSX Games: Volume 1. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78982-059-1.

Other sources

  • Top Secret Passwords Nintendo Player's Guide
  • Bomberman Operation Manual, NES-BM-USA, Hudson Soft USA
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