Neo Bomberman | |
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Developer(s) | Produce![a] |
Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft |
Director(s) | Eddy Chiu |
Producer(s) | Hiroshi Igari |
Designer(s) | Shinji Imada Takayuki Hirai |
Programmer(s) | Takuji Kosasa |
Artist(s) | Atsushi Sugiyama Hiromi Shimada Jun Kusaka |
Composer(s) | Now Production |
Series | Bomberman |
Platform(s) | Arcade |
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Genre(s) | Action, maze |
Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op, multiplayer(up to two players) |
Cabinet | Upright |
Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS |
CPU | M68000 (@ 12 MHz), Z80A (@ 4 MHz) |
Sound | YM2610 (@ 8 MHz)[2] |
Display | Raster, 320 × 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
Bomberman is really good game to play with 5 people on one computer:) Recently I've been trying to find a free clone to play with my friends, because when I was little I enjoyed playing this game. Graphics is just the way it should be, and the sounds are appropriate too. Our Bomberman Review. Remake of the classic Bomberman. When you play it, it's small so sometimes it's hard to play. It cannot run in full screen, and you have to play with another human player because this game doesn't support computer players.
Neo Bomberman[b] is an action-mazearcadevideo game developed by Produce! and published by Hudson Soft exclusively for the Neo Geo MVS on May 1, 1997. It is one of two games in the Bombermanfranchise that was released for the Neo Geoplatform, the first being Panic Bomber, and the only one to retain its traditional top-down gameplay.[3] It was only released for the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and has not received a home console release to date. It was also the last original Bomberman title to be released for arcades until Konami's Bombergirl in 2018.
In Neo Bomberman, the plot revolves around White Bomberman and Black Bomberman along with many other combatants gathering together for the Bomberman Tournament before Professor Bagura appears in a mobile fortress to spoil the tournament and kidnaps the combatants by putting them into cages and as a result, both White and Black Bomberman set out to rescue their friends and stop Bagura alongside Atomic Bomber, a new creation under his command. The game bears similarity with Super Bomberman 4 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as it was developed by most of the same team.
Gameplay[edit]
Gameplay screenshot of the first stage from the first world.
Neo Bomberman is an action-maze game that plays similarly like other games in the Bomberman franchise. In this, players take control of the titular characters with the main objective of destroying all of the monsters filling the playfield by placing bombs. Beating all the monsters will open a level's gate and lead players to the next area.
To aid in destroying monsters, players can bomb Soft Blocks which may uncover useful items. Such items include things which increase the amount of bombs that can be placed at one time, the range or the bomb explosions, or the player's speed. There are also items for passing through Soft Blocks and bombs, for kicking and throwing bombs, and to make bombs remote controlled or pierce multiple blocks at once. Later levels also introduces more elements such as rescuing other Bomberman characters – who will then aid the player for the rest of the level – and enemies that can be ridden or driven after defeating them.
The game allows up to two players to play through the single-player campaign cooperatively, but like most other entries, there is also a battle mode. In battle mode, a player can select one of ten different characters and face off against up to three computer-controlled opponents for five rounds in four different arenas.[4] Like the story mode, the player can destroy Soft Blocks to uncover items to help them along. Should a second player join in, the game will switch to a one-on-one battle mode and the winner of the match will continue the game from there.
Development and release[edit]
Neo Bomberman was only released for the Neo Geo MVS.
Neo Bomberman was developed by Produce!, who previously worked on three titles of the Super Bomberman series for Super NES,[5] while two ADS employees collaborated in creating artwork for the game.[1] Although music composers for the game were not credited, Now Production were listed for making both its music and sound effects.[1] The game was first showcased to the audience attending the Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association (JAMMA) trade fair on September 1996, along with other then-upcoming Neo Geo titles such as Kizuna Encounter and Samurai Shodown IV,[6] in addition of the Amusement & Music Operators Association Show (AMOA) held on the same year.[7] It was released for the Neo Geo MVS in arcades by Hudson Soft on May 1, 1997,[8] however it never received a conversion for the Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD.[4] When played on a European system, the text is displayed in Spanish instead of English.
Reception[edit]
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When reviewing Neo Bomberman, Kyle Knight of AllGame praised its colorful visuals, tried-and-true addictive gameplay and sound design, among other aspects and regarding it as a welcomed addition to the library of games on the Neo Geo.[9]
Notes[edit]
- ^Additional work by ADS[1]
- ^Japanese: ネオ・ボンバーマンHepburn: Neo Bonbāman
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Neo Bomber Man'. vazcomics.org (in Italian). 2005. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^'SNK NeoGeo MVS Hardware (SNK)'. system16.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^Hunt, Stuart (August 2009). 'The Complete History Of Bomberman'. Retro Gamer. No. 67. Imagine Publishing. pp. 27–34.
- ^ abScullion, Chris (February 26, 2017). 'The complete history of Bomberman'. Tired Old Hack. WordPress. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^CRV (February 19, 2017). 'Produce!'. gdri.smspower.org. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^Levy, Stuart; Williams, Ken; Semrad, Ed (November 1996). 'Special Feature - JAMMA'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 88. Ziff Davis. pp. 162–171.
- ^'Special Feature - AMOA'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 89. Ziff Davis. December 1996. pp. 136–150.
- ^'Title Catalogue - NEOGEO MUSEUM'. SNK Playmore. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ abKnight, Kyle (1998). 'Neo Bomberman (Arcade) - Review'. AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
External links[edit]
- Neo Bomberman at GameFAQs
- Neo Bomberman at Giant Bomb
- Neo Bomberman at Killer List of Videogames
- Neo Bomberman at MobyGames
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