Bomberman '94
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ボンバーマン'94Bomberman rebuilds a shattered planet, one stone tablet at a time.
Bomberman '94 is the third Bomberman game on the PC Engine. It adds a story about a planet to repair. It also introduced the modern White Bomberman design and Louie, a character you can ride.
| RELEASED IN JAPAN | 10 December 1993 |
|---|---|
| DEVELOPER | Hudson Soft |
| PRODUCER | Shuki Shimada |
| DIRECTOR | Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi |
| MUSIC | Jun Chikuma |
| PLAYERS | Up to five |
The single-player game has five areas and twenty stages in total. In each stage you destroy the core machines that hold a stone tablet. Then you collect the tablet before time runs out. Clearing every enemy is not required.
Soft blocks left after a clear turn into coins in a bonus round. Losing a life happens on contact with an enemy or blast, or when the timer runs out. Continues and passwords let you return, but power-ups reset.
Battles allow up to five players, with normal and tag modes. Computers can control characters and form teams. You can ride Louie for extra movement.
The people of Planet Bomber lived in peace under five spirits. An invading robot army led by Bagular destroyed the Spirit Pictures, and the planet split into five pieces. Bomberman sets out to restore the pictures and rebuild the planet.
Hudson made the game. Its Mega Drive version was a separate project, codenamed Mega Bomberman. Hudson first asked Factor 5 to build it, and Factor 5 made a tech demo for eight players.
Hudson then licensed the project to Westone for a direct conversion.
Sega published the Mega Drive version in 1994. GamePro praised its new levels and animal power-ups.
The PC Engine version came back on the Wii Virtual Console in 2006, and on PC Engine Archives in 2009. The PC Engine mini console included it in 2020.
Unlike earlier entries, its single-player stages do not require killing every enemy. Its story and its tablet hunt give each stage a clear goal.
- The Mega Drive version supports four players, since that console has no fifth controller port.
- Louie and the villain Bagular first appeared in this game.
- A track from this game, Jammin' Jungle, returned as the first level of Super Bomberman 4, in a different arrangement.
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