I prefer the look of the new Bomberman as well, but I wish they kept the little feather in his hat. It made him look like a pimp. Now, this game was released in the UK as "Eric and the Floaters" for the Spectrum. A lot of poorly researched websites and magazines call it a "precursor" or "distant ancestor" of Bomberman because it's so different. But it's a direct port of the first game called Bomberman, so it is the first Bomberman.
A few other interesting facts about the original Bomberman:
* No powerups.
* Only the floater enemies, who are actually really smart when they want to be. Mostly they just wander around.
* The points you get for killing floaters or getting treasure are random
* You and enemies can walk through bombs (which takes out 99% of the strategy of the game).
* The level ends when you kill all the enemies, or when you find an exit.
* Bombs do not automatically line up with the bricks. Meaning you can blow up a quarter, a half, or three quarters of a wall (and still can't walk through it)if you don't line it up exactly.
* Every few levels there's an "Auto bomb" level, where Bomberman drops bombs automatically. You drop 4 or 5 bombs in a row, they explode, then you drop 4 or 5 more.
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