Bomberman

reference

Japanese manual

Download here (7MB Zip file)

American manual

Download here (1.8MB Zip file) (thanks to DragonBomber for scanning this!)

Classic NES Series manual

Download here (1.5MB Zip file) (thanks to DragonBomber for scanning this!)

Japanese text
CONGRATULATIONS
BOMBERMAN BECOMES RUNNER
SEE YOU AGAIN IN LODE RUNNER

English text
CONGRATULATIONS
YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN
HELPING BOMBERMAN TO BECOME
A HUMAN BEING
MAYBE YOU CAN RECOGNIZE HIM
IN ANOTHER HUDSON SOFT GAME
GOOD BYE

Bomberman runs across the screen. At the halfway point he transforms into Lode Runner; he keeps running and loops around the screen before stopping in the center.

Famicom Mini page

Japanese promotional site with a tiny page for each game. Nothing remarkable.

Flash site promoting the first wave of NES Classics games, each one getting a two-paragraph description. It also plays disgustingly-short loops of the games' music that I dare you not to get agitated with within seconds, even fans of chiptune.

Nintendo.co.uk page

Literally, the bomb. Hudson Soft's cherished title is a manic maze-based romp that throws the player into the role of the eponymous Bomberman, a fellow who finds himself charged with wandering the block-lined grids, depositing bombs in a bid to take out both walls and enemies.

A promotional site that, to me, can't seem to decide whether to make the game sound way more exciting, or just tell it like it is.

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