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Bomberman

1990 video game by Hudson Soft for PC
VideoGame video_game Q2583040
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Summary

Bomberman is a video game[1]. Bomberman ranks in the top 5% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Jun Chikuma[3]
  • Publisher: Hudson Soft[4]
  • Genre: action game[5], maze video game[6]
  • Based on: Bomberman[7]
  • Follows: 3-D Bomberman[8]
  • Followed by: Bomberman II[9]
  • Developer: Hudson Soft[10]
  • Part of the series: Saga Bomberman[11]
  • Platform: Commodore Amiga[12], Atari ST[13], TurboGrafx-16[14], DOS[15]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[16], single-player video game[17]
  • Distribution format: ROM cartridge[18]
  • Review score: 90%[19], 85%[20]
  • Input device: gamepad[21]
  • Country of origin: Japan[22]
  • Publication date: December 7, 1990[23]
  • Minimum number of players: 1[24]
  • Maximum number of players: 4[25]
  • Different from: Atomic Punk[26], Bomberman II[27]
  • Set in environment: fictional planet[28]

Why It Matters

Bomberman has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Bomberman is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

DOS gamepad Hudson Soft Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 90%, 90%, 90% +1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'ru', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Review score: 85%, Gen4 reviewsꓹ mostly for PC-Engine games ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4fd51db3b6c|details]])"
  2. 24d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 298
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 298, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  3. 24d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 90%, 90%, 90% +1
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||3 */ Review score, uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/8d94ed5e8dd"
  4. 14w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Genre → action game, maze video game
    Different from → Atomic Punk, Bomberman II
    Game mode → multiplayer video game, single-player video game
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 2885, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180133315|Dyna Blaster (#180133315)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] #mi"
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