Bomberman (1983 video game)

Bomberman
North American NES cover art
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft Actionamics
Publisher(s)	JP: Hudson Soft JP: SystemSoft NA/EU: Nintendo NA/EU: Ubisoft EU: Sinclair Research (Spectrum, UK) AU: Mattel
Composer(s)	Jun Chikuma (NES)
Series	Bomberman
Platform(s)	MSX NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-8801, Sharp MZ-700, FM-7, ZX Spectrum, NES/Famicom, Family Computer Disk System, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage
Release	July 1983 MSX JP: July 1983 EU: 1984 FM-7 JP: 1983 PC-6001 JP: 1983 PC-8801 JP: 1983 Sharp MZ-700 JP: 1983 ZX Spectrum EU: 1984 NES JP: December 19, 1985 NA: January 1989 Famicom Disk System JP: April 2, 1990 Game Boy Advance JP: February 14, 2004 NA: June 2, 2004 EU: July 9, 2004 N-Gage EU: July 23, 2004 NA: August 4, 2004
Genre(s)	Arcade, maze, strategy
Mode(s)	Single player

Bomberman (ボンバーマン, Bonbāman^?) is an arcade-style maze-based video game developed by Hudson Soft. The original home computer game Bomber Man (, Bakudan Otoko^?) was released in July 1983 for the MSX, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, Sharp MZ-700 and FM-7 in Japan, and a censored version for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in Europe as Eric and the Floaters. It had a Japanese sequel known as 3-D Bomberman, in which Bomberman navigates the maze in the first-person. In 1985, Bomberman was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It spawned the Bomberman series with many installments building on its basic gameplay.

In the NES/Famicom release, the eponymous character, Bomberman, is a robot that must find his way through a maze while avoiding enemies. Doors leading to further maze rooms are found under rocks, which Bomberman must destroy with bombs. There are items that can help improve Bomberman's bombs, such as the Fire ability, which improves the blast range of his bombs. Bomberman will turn human when he escapes and reaches the surface. Each game has 50 levels in total. The original home computer games are more basic and have some different rules.