Bomberman II

Bomberman II
Also known as: Dynablaster (EU) Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Platform: NES Released in JP: June 28, 1991 Released in US: February 1993 Released in EU: 1991 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

The popular multiplayer mode makes it to the NES. And the people rejoiced.

Unused Graphic

This enemy is named Kondoria and it's seen in the TurboGrafx-16 Bomberman game as a battle mode obstacle, but it's not seen in this game.

(Source: Ragey)

Developer Credit

To check whether the game was hard or soft reset, the game uses the string

KOSAKA!!

.

(Source: Cah4e3)

Build Date

A string with the game's name appears at the end of each version's ROM. The North American and European versions also have build dates.

Japan	North America	Europe
BOMBER MAN 2	BOMBERMAN2 92817	DYNABLASTER 826

Secret Passwords

These passwords toggle various features in the game.

JP	INT	Feature
PONEJACK	KJH5C13D	Bonus Stage Entering this password leads to the first area's bonus stage. After that, the player is thrown back to the title screen.
PBOMBACE	K2JG2135	Shorter Bomb Timer Bombs sit shorter before detonating (1 second).
PBOMBOLD	K2JG2JF4	Longer Bomb Timer Bombs sit longer before detonating (3 second).
PBOMBMAN	K2JG2G1H	Reset Bomb Timer Resets the bomb timer to its default 2 second delay.
PACHINKO	K138BHDJ	Remote Bombs Remote bombs are always enabled in 1P mode.
PANICMAN	K1HB3G1H	Semi-Remote bombs Enabled remote bombs, but bombs will detonate by themselves if left around for too long.
PCDEFGAB	K3456712	Sound Test It's a sound test. Duh.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	North America	Europe

The trademark info was updated in the North American game, and a trademark symbol was added. The European version changes the title entirely, not only because the first NES Bomberman never came out in Europe at the time, but also because the original title was associated with terrorist bombings (at the time).

Cutscenes

Japan	International

The cross on the church was removed.

Passwords

Japan	International

As evidenced above, the password format is different between the Japanese and international revisions. The international releases omits all vowels, an odd bit of censorship(?) that can be seen in other games. Though the symbols changed, the actual password values are identical. A=1, H=8, I=B, etc.

Sound Test

Japan	North America	Europe

Spaces were removed between Bomber and Man, and Man and 2. The European game remembers to update the game title.