<s>
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
home	O
computer	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1983	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-8801	I-Device
,	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-6001	I-Device
mkII	I-Device
,	O
Fujitsu	B-Device
FM-7	I-Device
,	O
Sharp	B-Operating_System
MZ-700	I-Operating_System
,	O
Sharp	O
MZ-2000	O
,	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
graphically	O
modified	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Eric	B-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Floaters	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
3-D	O
Bomberman	B-Application
,	O
was	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
spawned	O
the	O
Bomberman	B-Application
series	O
with	O
many	O
installments	O
building	O
on	O
its	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
NES/Famicom	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
eponymous	O
character	O
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
robot	O
that	O
must	O
find	O
his	O
way	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
while	O
avoiding	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doors	O
leading	O
to	O
further	O
maze	B-Application
rooms	O
are	O
found	O
under	O
rocks	O
,	O
which	O
Bomberman	B-Application
must	O
destroy	O
with	O
bombs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
items	O
that	O
can	O
help	O
improve	O
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
bombs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Fire	O
ability	O
,	O
which	O
improves	O
the	O
blast	O
range	O
of	O
his	O
bombs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomberman	B-Application
will	O
turn	O
human	O
when	O
he	O
escapes	O
and	O
reaches	O
the	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
completing	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
Famicom	O
version	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
's	O
NES	O
port	O
of	O
Broderbund	O
Software	O
's	O
1983	O
game	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
clearing	O
the	O
final	O
screen	O
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
is	O
shown	O
turning	O
into	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
's	O
unnamed	O
protagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
explicitly	O
told	O
that	O
Bomberman	B-Application
will	O
'	O
See	O
 [ them ] 	O
in	O
Lode	O
Runner'''	O
,	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
international	O
version	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
instead	O
asked	O
if	O
they	O
can	O
recognise	O
the	O
protagonist	O
from	O
another	O
Hudson	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Famicom	O
version	O
was	O
developed	O
(	O
ported	O
)	O
by	O
Shinichi	O
Nakamoto	O
,	O
『Super	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Official	O
Guidebook	O
( スーパーボンバーマン	O
公式ガイドブック(小学館 )	O
)	O
』	O
(	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
pp.104-105	O
who	O
reputedly	O
completed	O
the	O
task	O
alone	O
over	O
a	O
72	O
hour	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Zero	O
magazine	O
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
adopted	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
Coreland/Sega	O
arcade	O
hit	O
Pengo	B-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
home	O
computer	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
Eric	B-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Floaters	I-Device
to	O
avoid	O
any	O
association	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
terrorist	O
bombings	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
Irish	O
Republican	O
Army	O
during	O
The	O
Troubles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hudson	O
Soft	O
's	O
director	O
of	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
,	O
Shinichi	O
Nakamoto	O
,	O
commented	O
in	O
a	O
1995	O
interview	O
that	O
"	O
I	O
personally	O
believe	O
that	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
of	O
Bomberman	B-Application
is	O
the	O
one	O
and	O
only	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
ported	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
the	O
following	O
year	O
as	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Special	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
appearance	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
(	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
re-used	O
an	O
enemy	O
graphic	O
taken	O
from	O
their	O
own	O
1984	O
NES/Famicom	O
port	O
of	O
Broderbund	O
's	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
more	O
famous	O
design	O
,	O
a	O
robotic	O
anime-like	O
character	O
with	O
a	O
pink	O
antenna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
as	O
a	O
"	O
Game	O
B	O
"	O
mode	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Atomic	B-Application
Punk	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
Bomberman	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
series	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
the	O
Classic	B-Device
NES	I-Device
Series	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
for	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake/update	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
,	O
titled	O
Bomberman	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Party	O
Edition''	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
