Bombuzal
| Developer: Mirrorsoft | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Image Works | Sound: |
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| Year: 1988 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Puzzle | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 2 alternating | Rating: |
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Another gem, unfairly overlooked. Detonate all the bombs on a level without falling into the water (or, needless to say, the blast radius). Naturally, there are plenty of traps to complicate matters: monsters, mines, slippery floors, or floors that give way beneath your feet… Two display modes are offered: 2D or pseudo-3D (less ugly, but harder to control).
Originally from the Commodore 64, it was also adapted for the Atari ST (1988), PC-DOS (1989), and Super Nintendo (1990, the American version is called Ka-Blooey).
A sequel was released on PlayStation in 1997, titled The Bombing Islands. It was ported to Nintendo 64 in 1999.
In the same vein, there’s Stephen’s Sausage Roll (2016) and Sapper (2019).
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