Ludography
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1992 · Irem · Action · Arcade

Bomber Man World

New Atomic Punk: Global Quest is a 1992 video game released by Irem under license from Hudson Soft for arcades. It is part of the Bomberman series. It was the second Bomberman game to be released for arcades, preceded by Bomberman (1991), which was also released by Irem.

Released
1992
Platforms
Arcade
Genres
ActionArcadeMazePuzzle
Developers
Irem
Publishers
Irem
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Languages
English

About

New Atomic Punk: Global Quest is a 1992 video game released by Irem under license from Hudson Soft for arcades. It is part of the Bomberman series. It was the second Bomberman game to be released for arcades, preceded by Bomberman (1991), which was also released by Irem.

The North American version is called Atomic Punk 2, but it shows the text New Atomic Punk - Global Quest in-game.

Keywords

  • retroachievements

Media

Bomber Man World screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

When all enemies are destroyed the player automatically goes to the next stage. Items are lost after each stage, reducing the inventory to one bomb, and the default blast radius and walking speed. There are six worlds with six levels in each; after every fifth level there is a Bonus Stage, wherein soft blocks contain many points items and power ups.

Story

King Bomber, the antagonist from Bomberman (arcade), has returned and has taken over the UN building with his armies of evil robots. The 4 Bomberman Bros. must now defeat him.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Bomber Man World on their July 15, 1992 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as King of the Monsters 2 and Football Frenzy. In North America, RePlay reported in the game to be the eighth most-popular arcade game of the month in October 1992. Play Meter also listed the title to be the forty-sixth most-popular arcade game at the time.

The game received positive reviews from critics. Gary Harrod of British magazine Sinclair User praised the visuals and gameplay, stating that "this may be a simple formula game but it's still good fun to play". Andreas Knauf of German magazine Video Games gave the title a positive outlook. GamesMaster gave it a mixed outlook.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade1 June 1992Japan · North America 1 September 1992 · Europe 31 December 1992

Editions and related releases

Follows
Atomic PunkBomberman II
Followed by
Bomberman '93

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Series and characters

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