Bomberman '94

Bomberman '94
Also known as: Mega Bomberman (Genesis/Mega Drive port) Developers: Hudson Soft (PC Engine), Westone (Genesis/Mega Drive) Publishers: Hudson Soft (TurboGrafx-16), Sega (Genesis, US/EU/AU/AS), Tec Toy (Genesis, BR), Samsung (Genesis, KR) Platforms: TurboGrafx-16, Genesis Released in JP: December 10, 1993 (TurboGrafx-16) Released in US: 1995 (Genesis), March 23, 2009 (TurboGrafx-16, Wii VC) Released in EU: October 11, 1994 (Genesis), July 10, 2009 (TurboGrafx-16, Wii VC) Released in AU: 1994 (Genesis), July 10, 2009 (TurboGrafx-16, Wii VC) Released in KR: 1995? (Genesis) Released in BR: May 1995 (Genesis) Released in AS: 1995? (Genesis) This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has a prototype article

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The game that introduced the lovable Louies and the translation nightmare Bagura/Bagular/Buggler/Buglear/argh. A downgraded version was released on the Genesis/Mega Drive outside Japan.

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Prototype Info

'94 To Mega Westone's rather infamous Genesis port was somewhat faithful to the original, but was held back by console limitations and a lot of laziness in certain areas.

Unused Items

In the graphics, there exists unused items of a Fire Pass and Broken Egg item. These graphics are loaded into memory but are never used. In the final game, eggs just get destroyed in a miniature explosion like the rest of the items.

Sound Room

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Was this accessible in Mega Bomberman?

At the title screen, press Right, press and hold Left, press and hold Down, release Left, press and hold Right, and press II.

Debug Menu

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Download Bomberman '94 Debug Patch File: BM94_Sound_to_Debug.zip (209 B) (info) Current version: WIP

Use the following patch to replace the Sound Room with this "Debug Version" screen. Use the code used to access the Sound Room to enter.
Selecting "Sound Mode" from here would normally bring you to the Sound Room shown above however, due to the current patch, it will loop you back to the Debug Version screen.
This allows you to select any level or boss, and also allows you to view the credits. It will always start you off with a green Louie and three bombs.

Code for loading the "Debug Version" screen begins at 0x25289, and code for loading the Sound Room begins at 0x25D89.

Development Text

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Remnants of additional debug functionality can be found starting at 0x3850. It is currently unknown whether this can be reimplemented.

>INV_MODE
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