2004 · Hudson Soft · Arcade · MMO

Online Bomberman

Free multiplayer online game where players dash through crazy worlds ... and drop, run and bomb your opponent, Welcome to the world of Bomberman Online!

Released: 28 October 2004
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Arcade MMO Maze
Developers: Hudson Soft
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action

About

Online Bomberman was a 2003 online game of the Bomberman franchise developed by MGAME Corporation and Hudson Soft, and was released for Microsoft Windows in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. All servers have been permanently shut down. However, there is a fan-based version.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

There were four gameplay modes in Online Bomberman: 'Survival Mode', 'Panel Paint Mode', 'Hyperbomb Mode', and 'Boss Battle Mode'.

In Survival Rule, you either battle in a team or by yourself. You must kill all opposing players in order to win.

Development

In early 2003, after the beta-testing phase, Bomberman Online was shut down in Japan. The official website stated that the game was stopped for debugging and was in development for a commercial release.

The Taiwan server supported Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau regions, however on November 1, 2005, the game went out of business in those regions. In October 2005, The Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau site announced that they were closing the websites and all the servers involved with the game. This announcement caused a wave of shock amongst many players in that region. In response, several users in the forums declared that they will attempt to clone the game and setup private servers with no moderators or administrators doing anything to stop it. The result became Bomberman Online International.