Bomberman World

The goal of each stage is to reach the exit, which is opened by collecting all crystals. At the end of each world is a boss battle; defeating it will allow you to progress to the next world. You can revisit old stages at any time on the map screen, except for boss battles.

Each stage gives you a variable amount of time to complete it in. If the timer runs out, it's the same as losing a life. Once all lives are lost, it's game over; continuing will remove all of Bomberman's power-ups. On the game over screen you are given a password to resume progress, or you can choose to save your progress to one of three slots on the PlayStation Memory Card.

There are 5 worlds with 5 stages in each, two of which are boss battles, making for 25 stages in total.

Battle Game

See Battle Game for details.

Challenge Game

See Challenge Game for details.

controls

There are three different control schemes available in the Options menu.

Item names are sourced from the Japanese manual; names in brackets are from the American or European manuals. Aside from Bomb Ups, Fire Ups and Speed Ups, all items are lost if you lose a life. Controls listed are from the default Type 1 options.

Fire Up / ファイアーアップ

Increases bomb blast radius by 1 tile. Maximum of 6.

Bomb Up / ボムアップ

Increases bomb stock by 1. Maximum of 8.

Speed Up / スピードアップ

Increases movement speed. Maximum of 9.

Full Fire / フルファイアー

Increases bomb blast radius to maximum.

Remote Control / リモコン (Detonator)

Allows you to detonate bombs at any time by pressing the X Button.

Penetration Bomb / 買通爆弾 (Pierce Bomb)

Bomb blasts will penetrate through soft blocks.

Power Bomb / パワーボム

Every first bomb will have an 8-tile blast radius.

Boyoyon Bomb / ボヨヨンボム (Bouncy Bomb)

If kicked, bombs will rebound off walls and obstacles and keep moving. If thrown, bomb will bounce erratically before landing on a random tile.

Bomb Kick / ボムキック

Allows you to kick bombs by walking into them. Press the Triangle Button to stop it in its tracks. Cannot co-exist with Bomb Pass.

Power Glove / パワーグローヴ

Allows you to pick up, carry, and throw bombs (or even opponents in Battle Game!) by pressing the Circle Button while on top of the appropriate object. Throws objects 5 tiles ahead.

Line Bomb / ラインボム

Press the Square Button to lay all your bombs forward in a row. Cannot co-exist with Punch or Push.

Punch / ポンチ

Press the Square Button to punch a bomb in front of you, launching it 3 tiles ahead. Cannot co-exist with Line Bomb or Push.

Push / プッシュ

Battle Game only. Press the Square Button to push forward one tile, shoving any enemy players in your path. Cannot co-exist with Line Bomb or Punch.

Bomb Pass / ボム通過 (Bomb Bypass)

Allows you to walk through bombs. Cannot co-exist with Bomb Kick.

Wall Pass / 壁通過 (Wall Bypass / Pierce Wall)

Allows you to walk through soft blocks.

Fireproof Suit / 無敵スーツ (Invincibility Suit / Free Attack Suit)

Renders you immune to bomb blasts for 8 seconds. Normal Game only.

Heart / ハート

Allows Bomberman to survive one attack.

Geta / ゲタ (Clogs / Stone Shoes)

Decreases movement speed. Can decrease below default speed up to 3 times.

Time / タイム (Time Freeze)

Normal Game only. Freezes enemies in position and pauses the level timer for 8 seconds.

1UP

Normal Game only. Awards you an extra life.

Skull / ドクロ

Exclusive to Battle Game. Inflicts a random curse upon the player. Touching another player transfer the curse to them. Picking up any other item will eject the Skull from the player to another part of the arena. Curses include:

• Movement speed is increased to maximum.
• Movement speed is decreased to minimum.
• Lay bombs uncontrollably on every step.
• Cannot lay bombs.
• Cannot stop moving.
• Movements are reversed - up is down, left is right, etc
• Bomb detonation timer is shortened to 2 seconds.
• Bomb detonation timer is extended to 4 seconds.
• Bomb blast radius is reduced to 1 tile.
• Bomb blast radius is increased to maximum.
• Swaps position with a random opponent.

Armor / アーマー (Vehicle Character)

Teebo

Launcher Armor

Nyanjiro

Rick

Lock-On Armor

Normal Game only. These rideable creatures are available after defeating the boss in Area 4 of each world, and can only be used against the next boss. Each Armor has two abilities; a normal ability activated by pressing the R1 Button (by default - see controls), and a special ability activated by holding the button until your Armor begins flashing white. You must defeat the Dark Force Bomber to earn them; entering the password for Area 5 will not provide them.

For level data, maps and boss hints, see the following pages:

Planet Forest Morimori Star

Planet Wind Hyuuhyuu Star

Planet Fire Achiachi Star

Planet Ocean Bukubuku Star

Black Star

Soft block are mostly randomised, though some stages have a preset location for a block containing a specific item. Crystals have several possible locations, all of which are listed on the maps, though only the amount listed will appear. Enemy locations were sourced using cheats to survey the stage in a paused state.

This mode is a single-stage score attack, where the goal is to complete the stage and defeat the boss while amassing as high a score as possible. This entails collecting bonus items, chaining multiple enemies in one bomb blast, and clearing the stage as quickly as possible. You are awarded one of ten ranks depending on your final score.

Challenge Game comes in 2 Minute and 5 Minute variants, each with different enemy and item quantities and layouts. You are given the option of three item loadouts:
TYPE 1: Power Glove, Fire Up x 2, Bomb Kick; ideal for clearing out foes and soft blocks from afar.
TYPE 2: Remote Control, Full Fire, Wall Pass; ideal for timing your comboes and breaching walls.
TYPE 3: Line Bomb, Speed Up x 2, Bomb Up x 2; ideal for hit-and-run tactics.

When the timer reaches 1 minute, hard blocks begin from top to bottom, left to right, until the entire stage is flattened by the timer's end. This does not apply when fighting the boss, though Bomberman will die when the timer runs out.

2 Minute Mode

ITEMS: Bomb Up x 6, Fire Up x 4, Full Fire x 2, Speed Up x 4, Geta x 4, Penetration Bomb B Panel x 2, S Panel
ENEMIES: Pass x 3, Minvo x 2, Generator x 3, Dengeki Block x 5

5 Minute Mode

ITEMS: Bomb Up x 7, Fire Up x 5, Full Fire x 2, Speed Up x 2, Geta x 5, Penetration Bomb B Panel x 3, S Panel x 2
ENEMIES: Pass x 3, Minvo x 3, Generator x 4, Dengeki Block x 10

boss

Reaching the exit will pit you against Bassary. See Hyuuhyuu Star for battle strategies and tips.
Requires 3 hits to defeat in 2 Minute Mode, and 5 hits in 5 Minute Mode.

Pass: A ball with ears and tiger stripes. Can only change direction every 3 tiles. 800 points.
Minvo: An orange disc with fangs. Can only change direction every 5 tiles. 800 points.
Ballom: A red balloon. Can only change direction every 4 tiles. Only spawn from Generators. 800 points.
Pontan: A yellow spinning disc. Can only change direction every 4 tiles. Only spawn from Generators. 800 points.
Generator (ジェネレータ): Brown steel floor tiles. Every 10 seconds they will spawn a new enemy, up to a maximum of 3, after which they will only spawn more once one of those enemies have been defeated.
Dengeki Block (電撃ブロック): Cannot be destroyed when they are sparking electricity; they are otherwise harmless. 3200 points.
B Panel (Bパネル): 3200 points.
S Panel (Sパネル): 6400 points.

Ranking

The American Atlus-published version uses entirely different passwords from the Japanese version. The European Sony-published version is compatible with the Japanese passwords.

Area passwords

Full power

Battle passwords

Only one password can be activated at a time, meaning Stages 11 & 12 do not have Battle Group variants. Exiting the Battle Game will revert these changes, and will require the password to be input again.