History VideoGame / Bomberman

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

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** ''VideoGame/BombermanII'' (1991) - NES[[note]]Released in PAL territories as ''Dynablaster''.[[/note]]
* ''[[VideoGame/RoboWarrior Bomber King]]'' (1987) - MSX, NES[[note]]Released outside Japan as ''Robo Warrior''.[[/note]]
** ''[[VideoGame/RoboWarrior Bomber King: Scenario 2]]'' (1991) - Game Boy[[note]]Released in Europe as ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster Jr.'' and in North America as ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster Boy''.[[/note]]

** ''[[VideoGame/{{Bomberman93}} Bomberman '93]]'' (1992) - [=TurboGrafx-16=]
** ''[[VideoGame/{{Bomberman94}} Bomberman '94]]'' (1993) - PC Engine, Mega Drive[[note]]As ''Mega Bomberman''.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperBomberman'' series (1993 - 1997) - SNES
** ''[[VideoGame/SuperBomberman Super Bomberman R]]'' (2017) - Nintendo Switch, PC, [=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One

* ''VideoGame/BombermanGB'' series (1994 - 1996) - Game Boy[[note]]The first game in the series was released outside Japan as ''VideoGame/{{Wario}} Blast: Featuring Bomberman!''[[/note]]
* ''[[VideoGame/PanicBomber Bomberman: Panic Bomber]]'' (1994) - PC Engine Super CD

* ''VideoGame/NeoBomberman'' (1997) - Neo Geo

* ''VideoGame/PocketBomberman'' (1997) - Game Boy, Game Boy Color

** ''VideoGame/BombermanWars'' (1998) - [=PlayStation=], Sega Saturn (Japan only)

* ''VideoGame/BombermanFantasyRace'' (1998) - [=PlayStation=]
* ''VideoGame/BombermanQuest'' (1998) - Game Boy Color

** ''VideoGame/BombermanStoryDS'' (2007) - Nintendo DS (Japan and PAL regions only)

* ''[[VideoGame/BombermanDS Bomberman]]'' (2005) - Nintendo DS
* ''VideoGame/BombermanBakufuuSentaiBombermen'' (2006) - [=PlayStation=] Portable (Japan only)
* ''VideoGame/BombermanPortable'' (2006) - [=PlayStation=] Portable
* ''[[VideoGame/BombermanActZero Bomberman Act:Zero]]'' (2006) - Xbox 360
* ''[[VideoGame/BombermanLive Bomberman Live]]'' (2007) - Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] 3[[note]]As ''Bomberman Ultra''.[[/note]]
** ''[[VideoGame/BombermanLive Bomberman Live: Battlefest]]'' (2010) - Xbox 360
* ''VideoGame/BombermanTouchTheLegendOfMysticBomb'' (2008) - iOS
** ''VideoGame/BombermanTouch2VolcanoParty'' (2009) - iOS
* ''[[VideoGame/BombermanBlast Bomberman]]'' (2008) - Wii (Japan only)[[note]]Battle Mode released ouside Japan via UsefulNotes/WiiWare as ''Bomberman Blast''.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/CustomBattlerBomberman'' (2009) - Nintendo DS (Japan and Europe only)[[note]]Retail version released in Europe as ''Bomberman 2''; Battle Game released ouside Japan via UsefulNotes/DSiWare as ''Bomberman Blitz''.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BombermanChains'' (2011) - iOS
* ''VideoGame/BombermanDojo'' (2011) - iOS, Android

* ChromosomeCasting: ''Bomber Girl'' eschews the usual cast of bombers for a completely new cast of girls.

* ''Bombergirl'' (2017) - Arcade (Japan only)

* HotterAndSexier: ''Bombergirl'' features cute human (or at least humanoid) girls rather than small, cartoony Bombers, and getting bombed usually results in [[ClothingDamage their clothes shredding]].

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: ''Bombergirl'' eschews the usual cast of bombers for a completely new cast of girls.

* FiveBadBand: The Five Dastardly Bombers:
** BigBad: Plasma Bomber/Brain Bomber
** TheDragon: Magnet Bomber/Plasma Bomber
** EvilGenius: Brain Bomber
** TheBrute: Golem Bomber
** DarkChick: Pretty Bomber

* UnexpectedCharacter: For the first wave of new characters for ''Super Bomberman R'', the [[https://twitter.com/KonamiUK/status/855418107954958336 three new bombers]] weren't new or returning bombers from the original games, but [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont,]] [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper,]] and '''[[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head.]]'''

* UnexpectedCharacter: For the first wave of new characters for ''Super Bomberman R'', the [[https://twitter.com/KonamiUK/status/855418107954958336 three new bombers]] weren't new or returning bombers from the original games, but [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont,]] [[Franchise/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper,]] and '''[[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head.]]'''

* YetAnotherStupidDeath: One of the first things you should learn is how to not [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow yourself up by accident]].

* {{BF|G}}B: As if Bomberman's bombs weren't big enough, he can pump them up to jumbo size in ''Bomberman 64'' and ''The Second Attack!'' while holding them. This is actually required to kill some enemies -- not from the bigger explosion, but by ''crushing them with the Pumped-Up Bomb''.

** ...Unless you count the ''Lode Runner'' storyline, in which case [[OlderThanTheyLook he has a teenage or young adult daughter]].
* CollisionDamage: 2D games kill you on contact with enemies. ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman 64}}'' and [[VideoGame/Bomberman64TheSecondAttack its sequel]] tend to just stun you for a few seconds instead if you walk into them instead of killing you outright (it depended on the enemy), but the stun could easily be long enough for the enemy to deal a killing blow. ''VideoGame/BombermanHero'', ''Generation'', and ''Jetters'', however, played this trope completely straight.
* CombiningMecha: In ''Super Bomberman 3'', the Five Dastardly Bombers enter into/become a large mecha for Buggler to ride after entering a vortex.

* CursedWithAwesome: The Skull item will sometimes give you almost uncontrollable speed and fast fused bombs, as "diseases".

* ''Bomber Boy'' (1990) - Game Boy[[note]]Released in Europe as ''Dynablaster'' and in North America as ''Atomic Punk''.[[/note]]

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

* ''VideoGame/BomberBoy'' (1990) - Game Boy[[note]]Released in Europe as ''Dynablaster'' and in North America as ''Atomic Punk''.[[/note]]

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

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

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

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

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

* ''Bomber Man'' (1983) - PC-8801, PC-6001mkII, MZ-700, MZ-2000, X1, FM-7, MSX, ZX Spectrum[[note]]Retitled ''Eric and the Floaters'' in Europe.[[/note]]
** ''3-D Bomberman'' (1983) - PC-8801mkII, PC-6001mkII, X1, FM-7, MSX (Japan only)

* ''VideoGame/SuperBombermanR'' (2017) - UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch

** Averted with the Bomberman Bros. in ''VideoGame/SuperBombermanR'', which include ''two'' female members.

** [[spoiler:Nitros]] in ''Bomberman Hero''
** [[spoiler:The Dastardly Bombers]] in ''Super Bomberman R''

** Yellow and Green were both made this in ''Super R''

Since its creation by Creator/HudsonSoft back in the mid-1980s, it's become almost synonymous with multiplayer madness, as up to four, eight, or even TEN (''Saturn Bomberman'') players can compete against each other and blow each other up. The bomber's [[SeriesFranchise legacy]] ([[IThoughtItMeant not]] [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic that one]]) lives on even to this day, as his games have been ported to almost every platform imaginable.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The original home computer versions had, amongst other differences from the NES game onwards, no music, no pickups other than the exit door, a long death animation for the titular Bomberman (which oddly involves decapitation), sounds effect accompanying the enemies' death animations, killing all enemies being an instant win condition instead of having to find the exit[[note]]the exit is instead a pickup allowing you to immediately go to the next level[[/note]], balloon monsters[[note]]later known as Baroms[[/note]] changing emotions depending on mood, only one enemy type in the game, and a totally different human design for the main character.

** Averted with the Bomberman Bros. in SuperBombermanR, which include ''two'' female member.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Buglear/Bagulaa/Bugler/Buglar/Buggler/Bugglar/Burglar/Bagular/Bagura, the recurring BigBad. It seemed to have settled on the last one in ''Bomberman Hero'' and ''Bomberman Portable'', but ''Super Bomberman R'' recently went back to Buggler.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Buglear/Bagulaa/Bugler/Buglar/Buggler/Bugglar/Burglar/Bagular, the recurring BigBad. It seemed to have settled on the last one in ''Bomberman Hero'' and ''Bomberman Portable'', but ''Super Bomberman R'' recently went back to Buggler.