Bomberman '93

Timed NEC exclusive

Tension, strategy, action, excitement - Bomberman's back!

Released: 11 December 1992
Platforms: TurboGrafx-16 Wii Wii U Windows
Genres: Arcade Maze
Developers: Hudson Soft
Publishers: Hudson Soft
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E CERO A
Languages: English
Composers: Jun Chikuma

About

Bomberman '93 (ボンバーマン'93, Bonbāman kyūjūsan) is a maze video game in the Bomberman series released by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine on December 11, 1992 in Japan, with Western TurboGrafx-16 releases following in 1993. The game was also re-released for PCs in 2002 alongside the TurboGrafx-16 version of Bomberman and Bomberman World as part of a compilation disc titled Bomberman Collection. The game was re-released for the Virtual Console, with full multiplayer capability intact, for Wii on November 21, 2006 in North America, December 8, 2006 in Europe, and July 6, 2007 in Australia. The game was re-released for the Wii U on December 28, 2016 in Japan, November 30, 2017 in North America and December 14, 2017 in Europe. Bomberman '93 later spawned a sequel titled Bomberman '94.

Keywords

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Media

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Gameplay

The gameplay consists of the same basic structure as the previous games in the series. The player controls Bomberman by moving him around block filled mazes and laying down bombs. The bombs erupt into a cross-shaped explosion several seconds after being set. The explosion can destroy any blocks or enemies in its path, as well as Bomberman himself.

If the explosion touches another bomb, the second bomb will instantly explode as well. This basic formula is used in both the single player and multi-player modes.

Story

Black Bomberman has stolen seven chips from the pan-galactic bureau's mother computer and scattered them across several planets of the Magellan solar system. It is up to the ace detective Bomber Cop, aka White Bomberman, to recover them.

Reception

Bomberman '93 was awarded Best TurboGrafx-16 Game of 1993 by Electronic Gaming Monthly. In 2009, IGN placed the game on their top 16 TurboGrafx-16 games list and said that the game is "one of Hudson's best editions of the game (next to Saturn Bomberman)". In 2020, Paste ranked the game fifth on their "The 16 Best TurboGrafx-16 Games" list.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
TurboGrafx-16	11 December 1992	Japan · Worldwide 1 February 1993
Windows	24 March 2003	Worldwide
Wii	21 November 2006	North America · Europe 8 December 2006 · Australia 6 July 2007
Wii UDigital Compatibility Release	28 December 2016	Australia · North America 30 November 2017 · Europe 14 December 2017