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Bomberman
is a video game Media franchise, franchise created by Shinichi Nakamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara, originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami. The Bomberman (1983 video game), original game, also known as ''Bakudan Otoko'' (爆弾男, "Bomb Man"), was released in Japan in July 1983 and has since spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs released on numerous platforms, as well as several anime and manga adaptations. As of 2023, the series has sold approximately 16 million physical copies, and 7.2 million paid mobile downloads for a total of 23.2 million. Gameplay Most games in the ''Bomberman'' franchise largely revolve around two modes of play; single player campaigns where the player must defeat enemies and reach an exit to progress through levels, and multiplayer modes where players must attempt to eliminate each other and be the last one standing. Gameplay involves strategically placing down bombs, which explode in multiple directions after a certain amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomberman (1983 Video Game)
is a List of maze video games, maze video game developed and published by Hudson Soft. The original home computer game was released in July 1983 for the PC-8800 series, NEC PC-8801, PC-6000 series, NEC PC-6001 mkII, FM-7, Fujitsu FM-7, Sharp MZ, Sharp MZ-700, Sharp MZ-2000, X1 (computer), Sharp X1 and MSX in Japan, and a graphically modified version for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in Europe as ''Eric and the Floaters''. A sequel, ''3-D Bomberman,'' was produced. In 1985, ''Bomberman'' was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It spawned the Bomberman, ''Bomberman'' series with many installments building on its basic gameplay. Gameplay In the NES/Famicom release, the eponymous character, Bomberman#Characters, Bomberman, is a robot that must find his way through a maze while avoiding or destroying enemies. He can set bombs to attack enemies and destroy rocks that block his path; initially, the bombs explode after a short delay. Doors leading to further maze rooms are hidden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Chikuma
is a Japanese music composer and musician. She is most known for her various contributions to the ''Bomberman'' series, amongst other video game soundtracks. She has studied ney performance and Tunisian style composition under professors Slah Manaa, Ali Sriti and Zakia Hannashi at l'Institut Superieur de la Musique de Tunis, and studied riq under Haytham Farghaly of the same institute. She currently curates ''arab-music.com'', and has also made music for many T.V. shows, films and commercials. She is also a part-time lecturer at Kokushikan University, and has since performed many concerts with the classical Arabic music ensemble Le Club Bachraf, with oud player Yoshiko Matsuda and darbuka player Takako Nomiya. Musical style Her soundtrack for '' Bomberman Hero'' features drum and bass and acid techno styles, heavily incorporating fast breakbeats and sub-bass lines from the former genre. She has stated in interviews that she approaches her music with the philosophy of ‘art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiko Fukuda
is a Japanese composer and keyboardist. History and career Born in Tokyo's Itabashi prefecture, Fukuda began playing piano at the age of 4, and while at school became interested in anime ("We were the first anime generation"). He graduated from Takeheya Senior High School in 1976 and began attending the department of literature at Waseda University in 1978. Around this time, he won a prize for excellence in the Yamaha-sponsored band tournament EAST WEST 78. Graduating from Waseda in 1980, Fukuda went on to make his professional debut, playing keyboards in the band QUYS. The band was formed alongside bassist Yoshihiro Naruse (currently of Casiopea) and drummer Okai Daiji (ex-member of Yonin Bayashi). The following year marked his recording debut as a session musician on June Yamagishi's 1981 solo album All The Same, along with his major debut with Hideo Saito in the band YOU. In 1982 he was a participating member of Bakufu Slump prior to their debut, and in 1983 played wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racjin
, formerly known as , is a Japanese video game development company located in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, which was established on April 17, 1995. Its name was changed in 2000 to make it more easily pronounceable for the Japanese. Their first game was '' Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash'', which was published in 1995 for the Neogeo. They were not well known until 1997, when Atlus published '' Snowboard Kids''. They also have worked on games based on existing franchises, such as ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', ''Bleach,'' and ''Bomberman''. In 2007, they worked on Mistwalker's project, '' ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat''. Games developed *'' ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat'' *'' Bleach: Blade Battlers'' *'' Bomberman 64'' (2001) *'' Bomberman Land 2'' *''Bomberman Land 3'' *'' Bomberman Land (PSP)'' *'' Bomberman (Nintendo DS)'' *'' Bomberman Land Wii'' *'' Bomberman Kart'' *'' Bomberman Kart DX'' *'' Critical Blow'' *'' Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash'' *'' Final Fantasy Explorers'' *'' Fullmetal Alchemist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Interactive
Avalon Interactive Group, Ltd., formerly known as Virgin Interactive Entertainment, was a British video game distributor based within Europe that formerly traded as the video game publishing and distributing division of British conglomerate the Virgin Group. During the company's time under the Virgin brand, they had developed and published games for major platforms and employed video game developer, developers, including Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry and ''Earthworm Jim (video game), Earthworm Jim'' creators David Perry (game developer), David Perry and Doug TenNapel. Others include video game composer Tommy Tallarico and animators Bill Kroyer and Andy Luckey. Formed as Virgin Games in 1983, and built around a small development team called the Gang of Five, the company grew significantly after purchasing budget label Mastertronic in 1987. As Virgin's video game division grew into a multimedia powerhouse, it crossed over to other industries from toys to film to educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company known for releasing numerous titles across video game consoles, home computers, and mobile phones. Headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo, it also maintained an office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. Founded on May 18, 1973, Hudson initially focused on personal computer products before expanding into video game development, publishing, peripherals, and music production. The company was best known for its series ''Bomberman'', '' Adventure Island'', '' Star Soldier'', '' Bonk'' and '' Bloody Roar''. It also developed games for other publishers, most notably the ''Mario Party'' series for Nintendo. Hudson partnered with NEC to create the TurboGrafx-16, TurboExpress, and PC-FX consoles, aiming to compete with Nintendo, Sega, and SNK, while continuing to release games on other platforms as a third-party developer. Hudson Soft became a publicly traded company in 2000. In 2005, Konami acquired a 55% controlling stake in Hudson, later p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Star Games
Rising Star Games Limited is a British video game publisher based in Hitchin. History Rising Star Games was founded on 10 July 2004 by Martin Defries as a joint venture between Bergsala Holding and Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment. Marvelous Entertainment sold its 50% share in Rising Star Games to Intergrow, another Japanese publisher, in January 2010. Rising Star Games opened a United States office based in California in January 2012. Thunderful acquired Rising Star Games from Bergsala Holding in July 2018, at which point Ed Valiente became its managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ... and Defries left the company. Games References External links * {{Authority control 2004 establishments in England 2018 mergers and acquisit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HexaDrive
is an independent video game developer based in Osaka, Japan. Founded by former Capcom is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil'', ''Monster ... programmer Masakazu Matsushita in 2007, HexaDrive has worked on different titles for various systems, notably ''Rez HD'', a HD remastering of the title '' Rez'' exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade and '' The 3rd Birthday'' which was a collaboration between HexaDrive and Square Enix. Games Notes References External links * {{in lang, ja Japanese companies established in 2007 Video game companies established in 2007 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Companies based in Osaka Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majesco Entertainment
Majesco Games Corporation (formerly Majesco Sales Inc. and Majesco Entertainment Company) is an American video game publisher and distributor based in Hazlet, New Jersey. The company was founded as Majesco Sales in Edison, New Jersey in 1986, and was a privately held company until acquiring operation-less company ConnectivCorp in a reverse merger takeover, becoming its subsidiary and thus a public company on December 5, 2003. ConnectivCorp later changed its name to Majesco Holdings Inc. on April 13, 2004. On December 1, 2016, Majesco Entertainment was acquired by PolarityTE, Inc., a biotech company, in another reverse merger takeover, because of which it formally ceased all video game operations on December 8, 2016. In mid-2017, chief executive officer Jesse Sutton re-acquired the company through a management buyout and continued operating it privately held. On January 15, 2018, Liquid Media Group announced the acquisition of Majesco. History 1986-1998 Majesco was first known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Produce!
Produce Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game company. Founded on April 6, 1990 by former Irem employees, it developed a number of games for both Enix and Hudson Soft. Produce! have created games for arcades and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and PC Engine systems. Games *'' The 7th Saga'' *'' Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis'' *''Brain Lord is an action role-playing video game developed by Produce! and published by Enix for the Super NES. It was only released in Japan and North America. Gameplay Most of the game takes place in dungeons, with a heavy emphasis on puzzles. The pl ...'' *'' Dual Heroes'' *'' Googootrops'' *'' Kaijuu Senki'' *'' Kaikan Phrase: Datenshi Kourin'' *'' Mystic Ark'' *'' Mystic Ark: Theatre of Illusions'' *'' Neo Bomberman'' *'' Paca Paca Passion'' *'' Paca Paca Passion 2'' *'' Paca Paca Passion Special'' *'' Super Bomberman'' *'' Super Bomberman 2'' *'' Super Bomberman 4'' *'' Super Adventure Island' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, ''tokusatsu'', pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. It has casinos around the world, and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, who remains the company's chairman. Additionally, Konami owns Bemani, known for ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and ''Beatmania'', as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft, known for ''Bomberman'', ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'', ''Bonk (series), Bonk'', ''Bloody Roar'', and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the twentieth-largest Lists of video game companies, game company in the world by re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Maze Video Games
This is a list of maze video games by type. Top-down maze games While the character in a maze would have a limited view, the player is able to see much or all of the maze. ''Maze chase games'' are a specific subset of the overhead perspective. They're listed in a separate section. First-person maze games These are games where the player moves through a maze while attempting to reach the exit, sometimes having to avoid or fight enemies. Despite a 3D perspective, the mazes in most of these games have 2D layouts when viewed from above. Some first-person maze games follow the design of ''Pac-Man'', but from the point of view of being in the maze. First-person maze games are differentiated from more diversified first-person party-based RPGs, dungeon crawlers, first-person shooters, and walking sims by their emphasis on navigation of largely abstracted maze environments. Maze chase games This subgenre is exemplified by Namco's ''Pac-Man'' (1980), where the goal is to clear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
