Bomberman

Bomberman (ボンバーマン, Bonbāman) is an arcade-style maze-based video game developed by Hudson Soft. It was first released in 1983 for the MSX, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, Sharp MZ-700 and FM-7 in Japan, and for the ZX Spectrum in Europe (under the English language title Eric and the Floaters, Spanish Don Pepe Y Los Globos. Bomberman spawned the long-running series with many installments building on its basic gameplay. The earlier game Warp & Warp by Na... more

Bomberman (ボンバーマン, Bonbāman) is an arcade-style maze-based video game developed by Hudson Soft. It was first released in 1983 for the MSX, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, Sharp MZ-700 and FM-7 in Japan, and for the ZX Spectrum in Europe (under the English language title Eric and the Floaters, Spanish Don Pepe Y Los Globos. Bomberman spawned the long-running series with many installments building on its basic gameplay. The earlier game Warp & Warp by Namco is most likely the inspiration for the Bomberman gameplay. Bomberman led a dreary, monotonous, unbearable existence as a "bombsmith" with other bomb-making robots at an underground facility controlled by undisclosed evil forces. One day, Bomberman heard a rumor: if a robot escaped and made it to the surface, said robot would become human. Elated at the possibility of leaving the facility and becoming human, Bomberman planned to escape to the surface. The evil forces that were, however, were aware of Bomberman's escape plan and set their... less