Main Bomberman Series Games
| Title | Year | Platforms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomberman | 1983 | MSX, ZX Spectrum, Sharp MZ-700 | MSX-only release in Japan, release for both systems in Europe as Eric and the Floaters |
| 3-D Bomberman | 1984 | MSX | Uses first-person perspective. Japan-only release. |
| Bomberman | 1985 1987 |
NES | Game Boy Advance and N-Gage re-releases in 2004 |
| Bomber Man Special | 1986 | MSX | A port of the NES game. Information: |
| Bomberman | 1990 1991 1991 |
TurboGrafx-16, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, X68000 | Released as Bomberman only for TG-16 release, which was first Bomberman release to support 5 players; first Bomberman game for IBM-PC. It was released as Dyna Blaster in Europe. |
| Bomberman II | 1991 1991 1992 |
NES | Released as Dynablaster in Europe |
| Bomberman '93 | 1992 1993 |
TurboGrafx-16 | Released on Wii's Virtual Console |
| Bomberman '94 | 1993 | PC Engine, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) | Japan-only release for PCE, released in 1994 for the Genesis as Mega Bomberman, 5-player multitap support; released on Wii's Virtual Console on March 23, 2009 in the US and on July 10, 2009 in Europe] |
| Bomberman B-Daman | 1996 | SNES | Japan-only, part of the B-Daman series. Box art: |
| Hi-Ten Bomberman | 1993 | custom NEC computer | Made for high-definition, widescreen TVs, but never released; only shown as a tech demo at the 1993 Hudson Soft Gaming Caravan event and said to be the basis for Saturn Bomberman |
| Super Bomberman | 1993 | SNES | 4-player multitap support |
| Super Bomberman 2 | 1994 | SNES | 4-player multitap support |
| Super Bomberman 3 | 1995 | SNES | 5-player multitap support, Japan and Europe release only |
| Super Bomberman 4 | 1996 | SNES | Japan-only release |
| Super Bomberman 5 | 1997 | SNES | Japan-only release |
| Saturn Bomberman | 1996 | Sega Saturn | 10-player multitap support; first Bomberman game with official internet support; regarded as one of the series' highpoints |
| Atomic Bomberman | 1996 | PC (Windows) | 10-player support through IPX networking; first Bomberman title for Windows, developed by Interplay Entertainment |
| Saturn Bomberman Fight!! | 1997 | Sega Saturn | Japan-only release |
| Neo Bomberman | 1997 | Neo-Geo MVS | |
| Bomberman 64 | 1997 | N64 | 4-player support, first Bomberman game with 3D graphics |
| Bomberman Hero | 1998 | N64 | Focus on single-player adventure game |
| Bomberman 64: The Second Attack | 2000 | N64 | First appearance of Pommy, one of the Charaboms |
| Bomberman World | 1998 | PlayStation | |
| Bomberman 64 | 2001 (Japan only) | N64 | 4-player support (unrelated to 1997 title of the same name) |
| Bomberman Party Edition | 1998 | PlayStation | A PlayStation port of the game |
| Bomberman Online | 2001 | Dreamcast | 4-player local, 8-player online support |
| Bomberman Jetters | 2002 | GameCube, PlayStation 2 | PS2 release was Japan-only; based on the Bomberman Jetters anime series |
| Bomberman Generation | 2002 | GameCube | One of the first games to use cel-shaded graphics |
| Online Bomberman | 2003 | PC | 6-player support, released only in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan |
| Bomberman Collection Vol.1 | 2003 | PC | Compilation of Bomberman (TG-16), Bomberman '93 and Bomberman World for Windows |
| Bomberman Land | 2000 | PlayStation | Japan-only release |
| Bomberman Land 2 | 2003 | GameCube, PlayStation 2 | Japan-only release |
| Bomberman Collection VOL.2 | 2004 | PC | Compilation of the SNES Super Bomberman 1–3 and PlayStation Bomberman Party Edition |
| Bomberman Land 3 | 2005 | PlayStation 2 | Japan-only release |
| Bomberman: Act Zero | 2006 | Xbox 360 | Realistic re-envisioning of the character |
| Bomberman Land (Wii) | 2007 | Wii | Remake of 2000 Japan-only release, designed to take advantage of Wii controller |
| Bomberman Live | 2007 | Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) | 8-player online support |
| Bomberman Blast | 2008 | Wii, WiiWare | One of first games announced for WiiWare; also released as an expanded retail game; 8-player support, online and offline |
| Bomberman Ultra | 2009 | PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) | 8-player online support |
| Bomberman Live: Battlefest | 2010 | Xbox Live Arcade |
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