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A 16-bit reimagining of a 1985 NES title (itself a remake of a 1983 MSX title) introduces a crucial element: multiplayer! You and up to four more short fused players, trapped in a claustrophobic maze, strategically place bombs to open up passages, leading to power-ups (more bombs, bigger explosions, remote detonators, etc), and soon to each other, and the last Bomberman not blown up wins. Simple gameplay rules allow deceptively tricky strategies, such as precisely placing arrays of bombs to maximize the pattern of destruction, setting your own bombs to disrupt another player's chain reaction, and the ever-popular trapping your opponent in a dead-end with a bomb. Singleplayer mode exists, but is a monotonous waste of time, as were earlier singleplayer-only versions.
Later versions (e.g Super, Mega, Saturn, Atomic) are largely iterative in nature, and don't need individual reviews here. Your preferred version will depend on which one's enhancements and aesthetics you enjoyed the most. Mine is the simplistic but fast and furious TB-16 release.
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