Bomberman '93

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Japanese manual

Download here (12.7MB WinRar file)

page 6, Normal Game

銀河の危機!戦えボンバーコップ!

6つの惑星からなるマゼラン銀河系。だがある日宇宙銀
河管理局のマザーコンピュータの重要なチップを、ブラッ
クボンバーマンと6人の悪者たちが7個奪い、機能を停止
させてしまったから大変! この緊急事態に宇宙銀河連邦
警察NO.1のスゴ腕刑事、ボンバーコップに出動の命令が
下った。さあ、銀河系を救うための決死の追跡が始まった!

American manual

The American manual can be downloaded at tg-16.com.

page 6, "HOW TO PLAY: (1) NORMAL GAME"

Galactic crisis! Get them, Bomber Cop!

The Magellan solar system contains six planets. One day, there's a daring robbery -- Evil Bomberman and six of his cronies steal the seven vital chips from the Pan-Galactic mother super computer!
They've shut down the computer! In an emergency like this there's only one person for the job -- the Number One Super Detective in the Pan-Galactic Federal Bureau, Bomber Cop! Bomber Cop gets his orders and he's on his way -- it's do or die time!

intro

The Pan-Galactic mother computer is active and working away, when its lights suddenly turn off one by one. After causing damage to it, Black Bomberman is seen fleeing the scene with stolen goods.

Bomberman gives chase, and it's revealed that Black Bomberman stole the mother computer's program chips! However, he tosses them into the path of mysterious blue meteors, which carry the chips away...

To each of the six planets in the Magellan galaxy. Black tries to ward Bomberman off with a few thrown bombs, but Bomberman dodges them all...

... except for the last one, which strands him on Ajian Star. Black escapes, his ship disappearing into the centre of the galaxy.

World 1

アジアンスター
アンコク ノ ホシ

ボス:モンガー
ワープゴノ ファイヤー
コウゲキヲ サケナガラ
コウゲキセヨ!

PLANET QUARRY:
OLD MINES.

MEET DIGGER!
WATCH OUT FOR
HIS FIREBALLS
AFTER HE WARPS!

World 2

ブラジラスター
ジャングル ノ ホシ

ボス:ザンコクラン
ボスガ ホンタイヲ
アラワスマデ ザコニ
コウゲキダ!

BLOSSOM PLANET:
RAIN FOREST.

MEET PETUNIA!
FIGHT OFF HIS
FLOWER FRIENDS
UNTIL HE SHEDS
HIS COVER!

World 3

ザウルススター
カザン ノ ホシ

ボス:プテラノン
チジョウニ オリタトキガ
ダメージヲ アタエル
チャンスダ!

PLANET INFERNO:
LAVA FLOWS.

MEET BLASTBAT!
HE'S VULNERABLE
ONLY WHEN HE
LANDS AND
ATTACKS!

World 4

デューンスター
サバク ノ ホシ

ボス:ガバラ
ボスノ カオニ アル
アカイ ポイントガ
ジャクテンダ!

PLANET WITHER:
SAND DUNES.

MEET EL-BAAL!
ATTACK THE
EXPOSED RED
PARTS OF HIS
GHOSTLY FACE!

World 5

アクエリアススター
ミズ ノ ホシ

ボス:カニゴゼン
ボスノ
シャガンダトキガ
コウゲキノ チャンスダ!

PLANET SURF:
A SWAMP.

THE COCKLE
TWINS!
HIT 'EM WHEN
THEY SINK DOWN
TO WATER LEVEL!

World 6

クリスタルスター
コオリ ノ ホシ

ボス:ヒバドン
ボスノ ジャンプニハ
バクダンヲ ハカイスル
チカラガアル!

ICICLE PLANET:
THE ICE-AGE.

MEET GRUMPUS!
HIS JUMPING
WILL TRIGGER
BOMB BLASTS!

World 7

ジェネシススター
キカイ ノ ホシ

ボス:.......
.
.
.........?!

PLANET TECHO:
COMPUTER WORLD.

THE ENEMY....?

...........?

ending

Black Bomberman and his forces are finally defeated, and the last chip is reclaimed.

Bomberman escapes as Black's Genesis Star erupts behind him. The Magellan galaxy is at peace once more.

He returns to the mother computer and reinstalls the chips...

... bringing it back online! Bomberman stops upon a cliffside and watches the city return to normality.

GamesMaster (issue 3)


[does anyone have a scan?]

Published February 1993, awarded 86%. [src]

GamePro (issue 44)

If you check out the GamePro Rating scale, you'll notice that Bomberman '93's graphics and sound aren't too explosive. Don't let the bad scores fool ya, though. Bomberman '93 is one hot game!

Dated March 1993, reviewed by "Otter Matic". The individual scores average to 4 out of 5. Scan from the Internet Archive.

Electronic Gaming Monthly (issue 45)

Dated April 1993, reviewed by Steve Harris, Ed Semrad, Martin Alessi and Sushi-X. Awarded 33 out of 40. Image from Vault 1541.

Computer and Video Games


[what issue is this from? when was it published?]

Reviewed by Paul Anglin, awarded 90%. Full scan can be read at the The Mean Machines Archive.

Weekly Famitsu


[what issue was this in, and does anyone have a scan?

Awarded a 27 out of 40. [src]

Transcribed from the Japanese game. Underlined credits were edited or removed from the American release.

BOMBERMAN`93 STAFF

GAME DESIGNER
TSUKASA KUWAHARA

PROGRAMMER
TETSUYA WAKABAYASHI

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FUMIE TAKAOKA
MC COL IWATA
MISUZU KOBAYASHI (EYECATCH VOICE)

MUSIC COMPOSER
JUN CHIKI CHIKUMA

SOUND PROGRAMMER
KEITA HOSHI
AKIHIRO SATŌ
MAKIKO TANIFUJI
KASO-RE HONMA

SOUND DIRECTOR
TOSHIAKI TAKIMOTO

SPECIAL THANKS
KōJI MATSUURA
SATOSHI MIKAMI
KENJI KIKUCHI
ATSUO NAGATA
HIKARU AOYAMA
KOJI ARAI
RURURIRA HIDEBO
CHIE OSHIMA

GAME DIRECTOR
SHIGEKI FUJIWARA

BASIC GAME DESIGNER (ORIGINAL GAME DESIGN)
SHINICHI NAKAMOTO

BOMBERMAN`93 IDEA STAFF (BOMBERMAN'93 CONTRIBUTORS)
TOKIO SHIMADA
AKIRA ONO
SATOSHI AOKI
AKINOBU YONEYAMA
AKITAKA TŌRYŪ
AYUMU YAMAGUCHI
DAISAKU NODA
HAJIME TAKEDA
HARUKI ŌKAWA
HAYATO KASAHARA
HIDEO ITSUSHIMA
HIDEO SUGIYAMA
HIROAKI ICHIKAWA
HIROKAZU OKAMOTO
HIROKAZU SUGIMURA
HIROKI MATSUURA
HIROMI NAGAMIYA
KAMIFUSA UEKI
KAZUO AOTO
KAZUO HIGUCHI
KEI ISHIBASHI
KENJI FUKUI
KOUJI TAMURA
MAKOTO NIHIRA
MANABU NAKAKITA
MASAFUMI KAWAZOE
MASANORI KAWAGUCHI
MASARU ŌKOUCHI
MASASHI NOMOTO
MASAYA SUGIMOTO
MINATO TAKAHASHI
NAOKI KATŌ
NOBUO KURAKI
SHINJI TOKUDA
SYŌJI NAGAMIYA
SYŪJI SUMIDA
TADAHIRO TAKIMOTO
TAKAJIRATEN
TAKANORI AYABE
TAKASHI NISHIYA
TAKASHI TSUZUKI
TOMOHISA NAKAYASU
TOMOYA YANASHITA
TOMOYUKI ENDŌ
TOMOYUKI IDE
TŌRU NISHIDA
TOSHIHIRO WATANABE
YUKIHIRO HANADA
YŪSUKE SHIBAHARA
YASUTAKA AKAZAWA
YASUYUKI NAKAJYŌ
YŪKI KONDATE
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