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BOMBERMAN'94 SPECIAL VERSION
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ボンバーマン'94体験版
©1993 Hudson Soft
Release : 1993 (not for sale)
SuperCDRom² HCD3054
Action game
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Bomberman'94 Special Version is a limited edition game that was
distributed to promote the soon-to-be released Bomberman'94
(released on Hucard in december 1993). In a nutshell,
Bomberman'94 Special Version only offers the multi-player
Battle Mode from Bomberman'94, the multi-player
Tag Mode and no single-play capability. However, these multi-player
modes are really limited - only one battle arena to chose from,
multi-player only (there is no option to play against the computer) and
it doesn't include any of the character variations found in
Bomberman'94.
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Bomberman'94 Special Version was available before the retail release of
Bomberman'94
and shows some interesting differences. Although the official
release date is unknown, Bomberman'94 Special Version 's opening sequence
clearly displays a Bomberman'94 Coming Soon message (picture on the right).
Additionally,
some of the ingame graphics are still temporary and in progress - the most
obvious are the Victory and Draw Game screens which are a lot
less elaborate (they feature a stage with curtains in the final version, and
solid grey walls in the special version), as well as the trophy screen which
uses gold coins instead of trophy cups ! It is not really clear as to where
this promotional version actually originated from (most likely from
Hudson Soft's exclusive fan club or given away at one of their
popular tournaments) and only 10,000 copies are believed to exist.
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Here is the System Card warning screen for Bomberman'94 Special Version.
Most Super CDRom² games featured System Card warning screens. These screens appeared
if the player happened to boot up a Super CDRom game with the wrong system card
(under version 3.0 for a Super CDRom², or any system card for an Arcade CDRom²).
Although some of the early games simply didn't boot at all with the wrong card, some started
to display simple warning screens, elaborate animated scenes, and some, such as the popular
Akumajō Dracula X,
even included a short mini-game! Interestingly, these
Super CDRom² warning screens became forgotten pieces of history because most
players used a Duo system (which has a built-in 3.0 system card) to
play their PC Engine CDRom games (Simply use a System Card v1.0,
v2.0 or v2.1 to activate the warning screens on a Duo,
Duo R or Duo RX system).
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Secret code:
At the CDRom boot up screen (before the game starts), press and hold Left and then Run.
The "Push Run Button" English text on the title screen should change to
Japanese (it indicates that the code was successfully entered).
Although this code unlocks new battle arenas in
Tengai Makyō Deden no Den,
it doesn't seem to do anything here...
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Bomberman'94 Special Version is a promotional game and, in that respect,
is more of a collector's item than anything else. This Super CDRom² is a
bare bone experience and only includes a multi-player battle mode and one arena
to choose from. But as an historical piece, this game is really interesting and
has some visual differences with the retail game worth noting. So here you have
it - because of its very nature, Bomberman'94 Special Version is at its
heart no more than a curiosity for collectors and it doesn't come cheap (well,
it is rather affordable for a promotional game and currently costs between
$50/$60 a piece). So this Super CDRom² is definitively not for anyone
looking for another Bomberman game...
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