Bomberman II is a maze action game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the NES, the 8-bit sequel to Bomberman. Framed for a bank robbery by Black Bomberman and jailed, White Bomberman plants bombs to blow up blocks and enemies and find each room’s exit door, collecting power-ups along the way. It adds two- and three-player battle modes.
How To Play Bomberman II
Control
Action
D-Pad
Move Bomberman in four directions through the maze
A Button
Detonate remote-control bombs (when equipped)
B Button
Place a bomb
Select
Menu / mode select
Start
Start game / pause
About Bomberman II
Release date
Famicom (JP): June 28, 1991 · NES (EU, as Dynablaster): July 1992 · NES (NA): February 1993
Developer
Hudson Soft
Publisher
Hudson Soft
Platform
NES / Famicom; later Game Boy Advance (Bomberman Collection)
Genre
Maze (action)
Series
Bomberman (second NES entry)
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer (2-player Vs / 3-player Battle)
Also known as
Dynablaster — Europe · ボンバーマンII (Bomber Man II) — Japan
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