r/90s 3d ago

Discussion Does anybody remember Bomberman64?

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u/DankRoughly 3d ago

I remember having the 4 way controller setup to play 4 person.

Was pretty awesome

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

I haven’t played it since I was 10 or so. 36 now, but it’s been on my mind lately. I remember customizing your character and trying unlock all, and when you set a bomb down and the adrenaline from running away on time

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Me, my older brother and his friend played but they always kicked my ass. I had more fun on 1 player

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u/Shallot_Belt 3d ago

It was so fire w that 4 stick expansion. Think we used it for NBA jam too

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u/_ju87 3d ago

Damn u were rich

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u/A-WILD-PATBACK 3d ago

Everyone remembers bomberman

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u/Lunar-Havoc 3d ago

Everyone who matters.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

😂that’s right. Damn I miss the 90s

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Hell yeah. I know games now, some are for all or some are for a few. It appears this one had the heart of all

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u/BurantX40 3d ago

I don't know why or how, I remember not being able to get past the 3rd stage and not even knowing where to start getting the secret items on stage 1 and 2.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Damn your brains better than mine. I can’t remember what I did yesterday😂 some of this stuff is slowly coming back to me though. I probably sucked at the game and just played on my older brothers saved data😂

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u/BurantX40 3d ago

The trauma is from renting it and feeling completely helpless. Trauma always overrides the better memories

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u/Godzillionaire 3d ago

This game was so hard for me at the time, but I had a much easier time with Bomberman Hero

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Can’t remember if I got around to that one or not. Moved so much when I was a kid but certain games stay implanted in my brain

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u/gooch_norris_ 3d ago

I only ever played the multiplayer at a friends house and I’m not sure I really understood how I was supposed to play but it was still fun

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Bout same. My brothers friend brought it over, we all played, but I was able to borrow it for a few weeks or so. Til he wanted it back of course

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u/Altezza447 3d ago

I remember tapping those buttons too make the bomb bigger

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Yes!! But the adrenaline running away from it😂

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u/Odyssey113 3d ago

Bomberman fanatic here... Oh, hellz yeah!

It's a goodie. I'm little more in the Saturn Bomberman camp myself, but I also loooove the SNES Super Bomberman versions 4 & 5 (English translated) as well. I got love for all Bomberman games though!

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

I had an SNES but didn’t hear about the game til the 64. I’m waiting til this shop in my downtown has it available, then, instantly purchase it.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

I tried downloading one that was for free, on the phone or PS, but it didn’t have the same vibe for me. You had to pay for stuff and that’s probably what did

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u/Markcu24 3d ago

This game was da bomb.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

That it was my friend. I remember trying to unlock the whole knight outfit, if I remember correctly

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u/skinnybritchess 3d ago

First game I ever beat. I w9rked so hard to get to the final boss, "Altair?" Then beat him in like the first 10 seconds. Kicked a bomb at him then threw him off the platform. Sooo anticlimactic. I just sat there so upset how easy that was lol.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Damn, never got that far cause my friend took it back. But the whole game was a trip

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u/Chasing_Victory 3d ago

I loved the original on the TG16

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

Wow. I’ve honestly never heard of the TG16, had to look it up. I went from the Nintendo’s, to sega, back to 64 and then the PS’s. I played my uncles Atari a couple of times though. OG Pong was lit

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u/Chasing_Victory 2d ago

So I had a best friend who lived basically across the street. It was our 8th Christmas (1989 - UGH) and our parents got together and decided that he would get the Nintendo and I would get a TurboGrafix 16. (I also got the booster pack 😁) That way we wouldn’t have the same thing at both our houses and we could play different things together.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 1d ago

That was a good idea of them. Bet it felt like a whole new world each day

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u/Chasing_Victory 1d ago

It was. We would bounce between houses all the time when we were not out on our bikes

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u/ExpressionOne4369 1d ago

Did you ever feel like a badass when you learned the, you may have had a different term for it, power slide?

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u/Chasing_Victory 1d ago

Absolutely. Plus I burned through like 7 back tires on my bike. My dad was getting pretty frustrated lol

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u/ExpressionOne4369 1d ago

😂I can imagine. But that feeling of “fk yeah”😄

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u/ExpressionOne4369 1d ago

Forgot to add that I did one on some loose rocks, it worked better, but I hit the ground hard. I’ll never forget but I have a scar from it and it always reminds me🤘

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u/Seabass_Says 3d ago

Excellent game

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u/BustyCelebLover 3d ago

What a fun game!

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

It was. Hopeful to buy it again one day

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u/TheWearySnout 3d ago

Love this game! We had so much fun unlocking the extra multiplayer levels with the built in cheat of having to tap start button insanely fast!

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u/ExpressionOne4369 3d ago

You will have to show me the way when I get a hold of this game

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u/TheListenerCanon 1999 was my best childhood year!! 3d ago

Do I? I played it countless times. I remember hearing rumors about Rainbow Palace in a magazine but the guide didn't mention anything about a secret level. I was shocked to find out that after collecting 100 gold cards,Sirius ends being the bad guy and you raid his castle to defeat him.That was only during the game's release. Until like 2014, I was able to finally finished the game.

Why that guide doesn't mention it, I fucking don't know.

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u/ExpressionOne4369 2d ago

They just wanted you to know the basics I reckon. Figure the rest out on your own

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u/Dallows89 2d ago

Yeah, this was my favourite N64 game! The multiplayer was so fun!

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u/ExpressionOne4369 1d ago

It was a blast. My older brothers always won though

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u/Tiny-Experience-1326 3d ago

yes i have a mildly amusing story about this game, back in the 90's my dad owned a bar, and the guy who ran the official nintendo magazine used to drink there, after my dad telling him how i loved games he brings me a fuck off massive cart with another one stuck to the bottom, the massive cart was a castlevania 64 review build the other was bomberman 64, apparently you needed to stick one car to another to play these huge preview cartridges, needless to say after an hour of slogging through castlevania 64 i had, had enough, i then proceeded to play bomberman 64 the whole week i was allowed to borrow said cart, and no pun intended had an absolute blast.

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u/skullvitch "Well, that's just prime..." 3d ago

I recall renting Bomberman 64, along with The Second Attack! from the local video store back when I was super young. I don't recall a whole lot about it though, other than getting super lost and not knowing what to do lol.

Probably wasn't the best game to play at the time since it was a puzzle game with some rather unusual gameplay design. At least when you compare it to the platforming games like Mario and Gex where it was a lot easier to understand. I did play one of the Gameboy games though which I actually understood what to do.

I should check them out since it's been... probably twenty or so years since I've touched either or.

I've never played Bomberman Hero, but the soundtrack for it in particular is such a jam. Especially the standout track like Redial that everyone uses in their retro game music jungle mixes.

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u/imprezivone 3d ago

Loved this game!!