Bomberman

Famicom Mini / Classic NES Series / NES Classics

Title ボンバーマン / Bomberman
	Console Game Boy Advance Genre Traditional (defeat all enemies) Players 1 Developer Hudson Publisher Nintendo (JP, US, EU) Releases 14 February 2004 (JP) 2 June 2004 (US) 9 July 2004 (EU)

Box art

Info

Part of the Nintendo rereleases for the Game Boy Advance (numbered #8 in the Famicom Mini series, #9 in the Classic NES series), this is the exact same game as it was in 1985, emulated to fit on the Game Boy's screen.

It plays identically to the original, but now includes a menu that can be accessed anytime by pressing L and R together. This menu allows you to save the password for your current stage to quickly resume later.

Artwork

Click to enlarge. Art is mostly taken from the original Japanese manual - I think it was cleaned up for the Game Boy Advance rerelease, though I haven't scans that are high-res enough to compare.

Regional changes

The Japanese version is dated 1985 and features a red border around the logo. The American release drops the border, updates the date and legal jargon, and rearranges the menu options - START and CONTINUE are now aligned horizontally instead of vertically. The Japanese version explicitly plugs Lode Runner in its ending. The American version is more vague about it, and is a lot wordier to boot.

Screenshots

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