Online Bomberman

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Online Bomberman
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft, mgame
Publisher(s)	Various
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Massive Multiplayer Online Game, Party
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Platform(s)	PC
System requirements	Windows XP, Internet
Input	Keyboard, Mouse

Online Bomberman (not to be confused with Bomberman Online) is an online game developed by Mgame, Hudson, and Fullerton and was released on the PC in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. As of August 2006, communities only exist in Korea and Japan. An English fan-based version also exists.

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Item Shop 3 Closing 4 Fan-based Version 5 External links

[edit] Gameplay

There are four gameplay modes in Online Bomberman: 'Survival Mode', 'Panel Paint Mode', 'Hyperbomb Mode', and 'Boss Battle Mode'.

• In Survival Rule, you either battle in a team or by yourself. You must kill all opposing players in order to win.

• In Panel Paint Mode, the floor is colored. When your bomb explodes, the floor will be covered with your team color. When you die you will be revived but the area you had 'occupied' will be erased.

• In Hyperbomb Mode, there are special hyperbomb items that you have to collect in order to win. There are 5 items in total. However, you only need to collect 3 then reach the center of the room in order to win. The difficult part in this game setting is that sometimes you must choose between letting your character die or losing all of your collected items.

• In Boss Survival Mode, the player will face a boss of his or her choice. The boss will place special bombs and hide. To combat the boss, the player can purchase items and use it for special effects.

There are 2 other buttons found in the game's data with the text 'Submarine Mode' and 'Ring Match'; the two have never taken place in the releases. On October 3rd, the internet user Broomop announced that he will create a new mode for his fan-hosted internet version.

[edit] Item Shop

In late 2004, Online Bomberman in Taiwan and Hong Kong opened an item shop where players could buy items for the boss battle mode including character cards and nickname cards.

Character cards are characters that require a money payment, and can only be used for a short period of time.

There are two kinds of nickname cards. One type will affect the background of the nickname display area, the other one will simply change the color of the text. Both of the items affect the player's name display.

In order to buy items, user must obtain Bomberyen. Bomberyen can be obtained through normal gameplay, by defeating bosses in Boss Survival Mode, by entering Tournaments, or by purchasing it with cash.

Item Shop also exist in the new version of Japanese Online Bomberman release, containing clothing and accessories to be used by a custom character in the game.

[edit] Closing

In early 2003, Online Bomberman in Japan was shut down. The official website stated that the game was stopped for debugging and was in development for a commercial release.

In October 2005, The Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau site announced that they were closing the websites and all the servers involved with the game. This announcement caused a wave of shock amongst many players in that region. In response, several users in the forums declared that they will attempt to clone the game and setup private servers with no moderators or administrators doing anything to stop it.

On November 1, 2005, the game went out of business in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

The Japanese version of Bomberman went back online on December 1, 2005, however.

[edit] Fan-based Version

As of August 2006, a version called Bomberman Online was opened, the version is being maintained by two internet users called Broomop and Schthack.

On October 3rd, it was announced that a new mode will be made for the game. Later that month, a new feature is to select characters, a total of 25 characters are selectable.

[edit] External links

• Korean Online Bomberman Site
• The (New) Japanese Online Bomberman site
• English Bomberman Online Site
• Chinese Version website through the Way-back Machine