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DragonBomber · #23 Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:51 pm

I believe I would enjoy Bomberman Online for the PC if I had made the effort to play this new official version and not just those earlier hacks. So, I'm not dissing it, just speaking about what I have and do play now. :) No energy to do so now tho.

My preferences at the moment lean toward Saturn Bomberman most if I need to have more than 5 people playing. I only have 6 pads and 2 giant joysticks so can only do 8. I had 10 pads until I gave away my spare Saturn. When I get 4 more pads maybe I'll change my mind but I have to say that in wide mode, on an HDTV here, it doesn't look any better than it does on a big regular TV. It's not like it utilizes the resolutions your other devices do anyways.

If I'm only playing with 4 players then it becomes tricky, and depends on what I have within reach. A lot of my friends like import Saturn Bomberman: Fight! for some unknown reason, though we mostly play the two NA GameCube titles Bomberman Jetters and Generation. When I have my Genesis set up, they quickly get sucked into Mega Bomberman (has to do since I don't have a PCEngine/Duo for Bomberman '94). SFC/SNES Super Bomberman 1 & 2 get swapped back and forth depending on the people there but I think they would dig 5 more if I had it at the moment. I only have 1, 2, 3, Panic Bomber, and the two B-Daman games for SNES/SFC so far.

I think for me it becomes hard to choose, you know? I try to mix it up and train them on different games. Wii Bomberman Land has been very popular lately, though it's easy to bring the GameCube titles as well when they want to play the floaters disposal match or color bombs. :/ I've only played Bomberman Live a little bit so I cannot complain nor rave.

The one game listed that I personally would disagree on would be PS1 Bomberman Collection. I bought it cheap at Best Buy on closeout and love the game design, in that it's an updated version of the SFC goodness. The problem is the glossy shine on the characters, and the music or some subliminal message from the devil possibly, gives me the worst headache ever. It's the only game I can only play for an hour unless I want to endure migraines. Don't ask me why, I wish I knew. That ruins the game for me somehow tho I love playing it.

I actually have a new to me game I adore, and if you guys have not played it, do so. I played the import GBA game Bomberman Jetters Game Collection for a couple weeks solid, every night, while taking screenshots and trying to translate screens. I liked it so much on the emulator that I bought it complete as soon as my paycheck hit the bank. I generally play it on my GameBoy Player for the GameCube but that doesn't allow you to play multiplayer with human controlled people unless I'm forgetting something. I'm going to say it doesn't, but if it does I'm short selling it. I do know that if you have DS or GBAs to play this in multiplayer it would be AMAZING. Each character has a special skill that really alters the way you choose to play your character. There are a ton of boards, powerups, and options galore. I would love to see this ported with revised graphics to a home console.

Plus playing as characters from the anime is pretty awesome, and being able to play pinball and a ton of other clone/minigames in one player mode is pretty sweet as well.

Just my $8.65. Disregard if you don't agree with me. I'm touched in the head anyways. I've yet to play a few of the games I own now so they could be gold. And it's been years since I played some I have not listed. I think I killed my thumbs forever pumping bombs on n64 Baku Bomberman/Bomberman 64 but somehow have not once picked up the battlemode in n64 Bomberman: Second Strike. My wife complains about dying so I try to spare her. Blah.