<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
,	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Bomberman	B-Application
series	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
keeping	O
the	O
Bomberman	B-Application
title	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
called	O
Dynablaster	O
or	O
Eric	O
and	O
the	O
Floaters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
spawned	O
its	O
own	O
series	O
of	O
sequels	O
;	O
including	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
R	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
R	I-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pressing	O
a	O
button	O
will	O
make	O
Bomberman	B-Application
drop	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
at	O
his	O
feet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bomb	B-Device
will	O
pulse	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
seconds	O
(	O
giving	O
the	O
player	O
time	O
to	O
run	O
away	O
)	O
and	O
then	O
explode	O
,	O
shooting	O
flames	O
horizontally	O
and	O
vertically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
using	O
these	O
bomb	B-Device
blasts	O
to	O
destroy	O
walls	O
and	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
explodes	O
and	O
the	O
flame	O
hits	O
another	O
bomb	B-Device
it	O
will	O
cause	O
this	O
second	O
bomb	B-Device
to	O
detonate	O
early	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
cause	O
large	O
chain	B-Application
reactions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
flame	O
from	O
any	O
bomb	B-Device
hits	O
any	O
character	O
it	O
will	O
injure	O
or	O
kill	O
them	O
(	O
unless	O
they	O
are	O
currently	O
invincible	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
blast	O
hits	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
soft	O
walls	O
,	O
then	O
it	O
disintegrates	O
,	O
allowing	O
characters	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
the	O
now	O
empty	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
is	O
laid	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
usually	O
impossible	O
to	O
walk	O
past	O
until	O
it	O
has	O
detonated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
leads	O
to	O
the	O
tactic	O
of	O
trapping	O
enemies	O
with	O
bombs	B-Device
and	O
forcing	O
them	O
into	O
bomb	B-Device
blasts	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
defeat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	O
5	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
rest	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
fights	O
robot	O
Bombermen	B-Application
in	O
an	O
arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
once	O
the	O
arena	O
has	O
been	O
cleared	O
of	O
one	O
set	O
of	O
robot	O
Bombermen	B-Application
,	O
then	O
the	O
next	O
set	O
walk	O
into	O
the	O
arena	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
this	O
world	O
one	O
continuous	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
two-player	O
mode	O
the	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
work	O
cooperatively	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
to	O
blow	O
up	O
one	O
's	O
teammate	O
with	O
one	O
's	O
own	O
bombs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
standard	O
SNES	B-Application
control	O
deck	O
only	O
has	O
two	O
controller	B-Device
ports	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
human	O
players	O
,	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
device	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
bomb	B-Device
blasts	O
are	O
instantly	O
fatal	O
in	O
Battle	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Speed	O
Round	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
Stage	O
12	O
,	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
competitive	O
as	O
it	O
requires	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
skill	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
fast-paced	O
players	O
and	O
bomb	B-Device
detonation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Special	O
items	O
appears	O
during	O
the	O
gameplay	O
for	O
ammo	O
supply	O
as	O
players	O
destroy	O
walls	O
,	O
enemies	O
,	O
or	O
opponent	O
Bombermen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
Normal	O
Game	O
,	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
all	O
items	O
except	O
firepower	O
,	O
number	O
of	O
bombs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
speed	O
will	O
be	O
lost	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
loses	O
a	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
far	O
to	O
the	O
north	O
of	O
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
hometown	O
,	O
Peace	O
Town	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
lies	O
the	O
modern	O
metropolis	O
Diamond	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
hope	O
to	O
steal	O
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
advanced	O
combat	O
capabilities	O
,	O
Diamond	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
fake	O
Bomberman	B-Application
to	O
go	O
to	O
Peace	O
Town	O
and	O
kidnap	O
the	O
real	O
Bomberman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
're	O
aware	O
of	O
Diamond	O
's	O
plot	O
,	O
Black	O
Bomberman	B-Application
heads	O
out	O
alone	O
to	O
face	O
the	O
fake	O
Bomberman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
Black	O
Bomberman	B-Application
is	O
defeated	O
and	O
his	O
castle	O
is	O
taken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Black	O
Bomberman	B-Application
escapes	O
and	O
seeks	O
refuge	O
with	O
White	O
Bomberman	B-Application
,	O
and	O
warns	O
him	O
of	O
Diamond	O
's	O
evil	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
device	O
to	O
allow	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	O
Multitap	B-Device
was	O
long	O
and	O
grey	O
with	O
four	O
controller	B-Device
ports	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
on	O
one	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
plugged	O
into	O
either	O
of	O
the	O
controller	B-Device
ports	O
on	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
deck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
five	O
controllers	O
could	O
be	O
plugged	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
fifth	O
controller	B-Device
plugged	O
into	O
second	O
port	O
on	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
only	O
allowed	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
controllers	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
other	O
Bomberman	B-Application
games	O
:	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
5	I-Application
allowed	O
to	O
use	O
three	O
to	O
five	O
controllers	O
and	O
the	O
fifth	O
controller	B-Device
would	O
allow	O
a	O
sound	O
test	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
right	O
shoulder	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
options	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hudson	O
Soft	O
later	O
released	O
a	O
second	O
multitap	B-Device
(	O
the	O
Super	O
Multitap	B-Device
2	O
)	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
for	O
people	O
that	O
had	O
purchased	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
unbundled	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
multitap	B-Device
enabled	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
second	O
version	O
was	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
shape	O
of	O
a	O
Bomberman	B-Application
's	O
head	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
two	O
controller	B-Device
ports	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
and	O
one	O
on	O
each	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
there	O
were	O
54	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
games	O
that	O
utilised	O
the	O
multitap	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
very	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
and	O
J2ME	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
a	O
unanimous	O
score	O
of	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
and	O
their	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
asserted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
addictiveness	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
order	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
IGN	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
49th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
rated	O
Super	B-Application
Bomberman	I-Application
37th	O
on	O
their	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
and	O
they	O
opined	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
probably	O
best	O
four-player	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
SNES.	O
"	O
</s>
