Atomic Punk retrospective: A Bomberman by any other name | Game Boy Works #083

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Published on March 28, 2017 11:57:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT8T0iH2-aU

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Atomic Punk (1990)

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Don't let the weird name fool you: This is totally a Bomberman game. In fact, it's one of the first Bomberman titles to have evolved the series beyond the basic maze action design, incorporating an adventure element, an economy, and a smartly balanced customizable power-up scheme. Weird that such an important entry in the long-running franchise would be hidden away behind an unrelated name… but that's the choppy localization history of Bomberman for ya.