slownerveaction
03-16-2005, 02:44 PM
It seems like there's next to nothing out there on this game. For those who don't know, it's a ridiculously rare import-only N64 Bomberman -- actually the last Japanese N64 release (and last overall excluding THPS3). I think it's the sort of thing both collectors and gamers would be interested in, so I put together a review (complete with pics):
http://www.famiconsumer.com/bomberman-64.html
Enjoy!
vulcanjedi
03-16-2005, 10:48 PM
Hmm
I just picked up a PS1 game Bomberman Fantasy Race that my kids are having a good time with. Some of the graphics look like the ones you have linked so I am guessing there was some bomberman cartoons made?
vj
digitalpress
03-17-2005, 07:55 AM
Thanks for sharing that with us!
The review doesn't say, but isn't this game a port of one of the Bomberman arcade games? It looks exactly like one of the MAME titles, right down to the unique lettering.
Let us know if you can.
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You just HAD to go and post this, didn't you? LOL LOL
slownerveaction
03-17-2005, 01:10 PM
I just picked up a PS1 game Bomberman Fantasy Race that my kids are having a good time with. Some of the graphics look like the ones you have linked so I am guessing there was some bomberman cartoons made?
There is a Bomberman anime show:
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,1087,kwgjtn,bomberman_jette.html
But I don't think it's related to this game or Fantasy Race. There's also an anime intro movie in Saturn Bomberman, which uses the same style of art seen on the covers of this game and Fantasy Race.
Thanks for sharing that with us!
The review doesn't say, but isn't this game a port of one of the Bomberman arcade games? It looks exactly like one of the MAME titles, right down to the unique lettering.
Let us know if you can.
Not to my knowledge. These are the Bomberman games I see in MAME: Bomber Man (Irem, 1991), Bomber Man World (Irem, 1992), Neo Bomberman (Hudson Soft, 1997), Panic Bomber (Hudson Soft, 1994). There's definitely no relation to the first two. Neo Bomberman, which was on MVS hardware (no AES release), has a similar font (substituting a bomb for the 'o'), but it's a different game. Panic Bomber (also an MVS game!) was just one of a couple different incarnations of Panic Bomber, which is also included (in different form) on B64: Arcade Edition.
... all of which makes me wonder -- how'd it get the "Arcade Edition" subtitle? The game simply refers to itself as "Bomberman 64" on the packaging and title screen. But here in the Digital Press online guide, ROM sites, and a few other places like Buy-Rite, that's what's it called. My going theory is that it was started by whoever dumped the ROM; maybe that's what it's refered to in the ROM header? (I know jack shit about dumping ROMs, so I don't know.) Regardless, I think of "Arcade Edition" as an unofficial subtitle that's great for differentiating it from the US/PAL B64s.
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You just HAD to go and post this, didn't you? Llol.gif Llol.gif
Yes, I did!
Nice review!
Thanks! :rocker: