From Sega Retro
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| Mega Bomberman
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Publisher: Sega
Developer: Hudson Soft
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
ROM Size: 1MB
Sound Driver: Westone/Shinichi Sakamoto
Released in US: 1994
Released in EU: 1994
Released in Brazil: May, 1995
Price (Germany): 119 DM
Genre: Action
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Mega Bomberman is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Hudson Soft. Though marketed as a Mega Drive exclusive, it is actually a port of the TurbografX-16 title Bomberman '94 which was not released outside of Japan. Mega Bomberman was the only "traditional" Bomberman game to be released on the Mega Drive, compared to the five released on the Super Nintendo and the three released on the TurbografX-16.
Though well received at the time of release, the TurbografX-16 version, Bomberman '94 has much brighter graphics with more animation, which considering the TurbografX has weaker hardware, means that Mega Bomberman is a fairly poor conversion. Mega Bomberman was ultimately more successful than Bomberman '94 as it was not restricted to Japan.
A proof-of-concept build was released onto the internet which suggests that Hudson originally commissioned German developer Factor 5 (best known for the Turrican series) to originally develop the game. This build contains an eight-player battle game (something that would not be seen until many years later), but despite Hudson reportedly being impressed with the demo, they decided to scrap the project and focus on porting Bomberman '94 over.
Production Credits
Programers: Yuichi Ito, Hideo Iwakawa, Kazuyuki Kimura
Graphic Designers: Takuya Aoyama, Yuji Iwahara, Tomomi Tada
Sound Programers: Hajime Ohara, Takashi Morio
Special Thanks: Kesuke Matsuura
Music Composer: Jun Chiki Chikuma
Art Director: Shoji Mizuno
Producer: Hiroki Shimada
Supervisor: Toshiki Fujiwara
Director: Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi
Basic Game Designer: Shinichi Nakamoto
Presented by: Hudson Soft
Physical Scans
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87
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Sega Retro Average
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| Based on 7 reviews
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| Publication
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Score
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Source
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| Consoles +
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94
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| EGM †
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65
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| Joypad
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84
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| Mega Fun
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85
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| Player One
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97
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| Supersonic
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92
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| VG&CE
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90
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| Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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 Cart |
| Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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 Cart |
