History Videogame / Bomberman

* CartoonBomb: The main character's WeaponOfChoice.

* ''Bomber Man'' (1983) - [[UsefulNotes/PC88 PC-8801]], PC-6001mkII, MZ-700, MZ-2000, X1, FM-7, UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}, UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum[[note]]Retitled ''Eric and the Floaters'' in Europe.[[/note]]

** Taken UpToEleven with ''Super Bomberman R Online''. You thought 16 players was a lot? Try ''64''. Granted, you won't everyone simultaneously (there are 16 different arenas you can jump in and out of during intervals), but having much more to juggle is apparent here.

** ''Super R'' has several Bomber versions of Konami characters.

* ContemptibleCover: The U.S. release for the [=TurboGrafx-16=] ''Bomberman'' had [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Bomberman_(TurboGrafx-16)_boxart.jpg this]] as its cover.

* ''Bomberman'' (1985) - [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], MSX[[note]]As ''Bomber Man Special''[[/note]], Disk System

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-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-06yRkXgDTA Bomberman 64 commercial]], [[FilkSong sung to the tune of]] the WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 theme''

* ''Bomberman: Disney [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] Edition'' (2010) - i-mode (Japan only)[[note]]i-mode is a mobile internet service exclusive to Japan that will end in March 2026. The game itself, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as name implies]], is based on the Disney character Stitch (albeit, as he appears in the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime), with him being the playable character instead, and was released for free.[[/note]]

* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Started showing up with ''Bomberman '94'' and have practically become a mainstay since then. They're [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter even more adorable]] and [[PowerupMount also give you a ride]], and for whatever reason, [[WhaleEgg hatch from giant eggs.]]

* ''Bomberman: Disney [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] Edition'' (2010) - i-mode (Japan only)[[note]]i-mode is a mobile internet service exclusive to Japan that will end in March 2026; the game itself, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as name implies]], is based on the Disney character Stitch (albeit, as he appears in the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime), with him the playable character instead.[[/note]]

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: At the end of the original ''Bomberman'', he becomes human -- particularly the protagonist from ''Lode Runner''.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: ''Super Bomberman R Online'' is ''technically'' free on Stadia... for Pro subscribers. For those that don't have a Pro subscription, you'll have to buy the $9.99 premium pack, which gives you the guest characters from ''Super R'' as well as other cosmetics (the pack was also offered free for the first month of the game's launch). This means you can either get a "free" version with only the main bomber family playable... or you can buy the premium pack and dominate with [[VideoGame/SilentHill Pyramid Bomber.]]

* ''Super Bomberman R Online'' (2020) - Google Stadia

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Red Mountain in ''Bomberman 64'' and Nature Planet Neverland in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!''. ''VideoGame/BombermanHero'' plays with it a bit for the first couple of levels near lava, where you must enter cooling capsules to refill your health as you gradually take damage from the heat. However, it's still played completely straight in HadesCrater.

** In ''Bomber Girl'', [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Shiori Fujisaki]], [[VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} Tsugaru Hishimiya]], and [[VideoGame/QuizMagicAcademy Grim Aloe]] cross over as playable characters.

* ''Bomber Girl'' (2017) - Arcade (Japan only)

In 2018, Bomberman made his ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' debut as an Assist Trophy in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

* BootstrappedTheme: What many people nowadays know of as the ''Bomberman'' battle theme originally started out its life as the music to the NES game's bonus stage.

** ''Bomberman Generation'''s title theme would arguably become the theme of the series in the 21st century, usurping both the aforementioned bonus theme and the NES game's normal stage theme.

To put it plainly and simply, the ''Bomberman'' series is about a deceptively cute-looking robot guy in a white helmet who can produce an endless supply of bombs, and use them to destroy things. Originally, his M.O. was to escape from a bricks-and-mortar dungeon where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything was trying to kill him]], but his quest has since evolved into one of saving the galaxy from another race of rogue bombers.

* SuperDrowningSkills: This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!'' [[NeverLiveItDown multiple times]] in the form of Pommy's taunts to the main character for his inability to swim down to noticeable underwater ruins in Aquanet, as well as his fear of crawling through a pipe filled with running water.