The transition from the old 2-dimensional games of the
arcade days to the new 3-dimensional game systems in the ‘90s was rough on a
lot of game franchises. While some series, like Final Fantasy, adapted without
sacrificing its identity, not every game was so lucky, and this led to quite a
few game franchises to fail. The Bomberman series was of the few that managed
to hang on through the transition, and though the games have recently become
nothing more than a throwback to its 2-d days of fame, it managed to churn out
two rather decent games for the Nintendo 64 game system, the first of which was
Bomberman 64. It was a game I spent endless hours trying to beat, but never
managed to finish, due to some fatal flaws in the gameplay mechanisms, but more
on that later.
